SACRAMENTO, California, May 20, 2013 (ENS) – A plastic bag manufacturer’s appeal to the California Supreme Court against the Los Angeles County reusable bag ordinance has failed. A unanimous appellate court upheld the county’s plastic bag ban in March, and this week the California Supreme…
Los Angeles, CA, May 15, 2013 (PBBR) – A plastic bag ban bill currently in the California State Legislature has received support from the L.A. County Board of Supervisors. The bill, SB405, sponsored by Senator Alex Padilla, would impose a statewide plastic bag ban in…
May 15, 2013 – It is well known that the Northern Fulmar sea bird ingests plastic from the ocean. Northern Fulmars feed only at sea. Here is a study of Leach’s Storm-petrels and how much plastic is ingested by the bird. The study was conducted…
Santa Fe, NM, May 14, 2013 (PBBR) – The City of Santa Fe’s City Business and Quality of Life Committee (CBQL) held its regular meeting today. One of the items on the Agenda: “Review and Possible Action of Single Use Carry-Out Bag Ordinance – Discussion…
Plastic Shopping Bag Levy a Success Hong Kong, May 13, 2013 (PBBR) – The Hong Kong Environmental Protection Department (EPD) launched the Plastic Shopping Bag (PSB) Levy Scheme in July, 2009. The Scheme placed a 50 cents levy on all plastic shopping bags. According to…
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, May 12, 2013 (ENS) – A six-month public awareness campaign on reducing plastic bag usage and waste was launched Thursday by the Waste Management Department of Dubai Municipality, a city in the United Arab Emirates, located within the emirate of the…
Sets Fee on Paper Bags Shoreline, WA, May 9, 2013 – The City Council of Shoreline, Washington has banned all retailers from providing plastic bags to customers. In addition, the Council set a five-cents fee per bag to be charged by retailers if a customer…
Baton Rouge, LA, May 7, 2013 (PBBR) – A bill in the Louisiana legislature that would have placed a five-cents tax on plastic bags was voluntarily deferred by the bill’s sponsor yesterday. The bill, HB 529 was being considered in the House Ways and Means…
Trash Reduction Act of 2013 Washington, D.C., May 6, 2013 (PBBR) – Currently, the United States has no national plastic bag regulations. A bill in Congress will change that if it becomes law. The bill, H.R. 1686, known as the Trash Reduction Act of 2013,…
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas, May 6, 2013 (ENS) – Officials in The Texas coastal city of Corpus Christi are urging residents to start bringing their own reusable shopping bags in advance of what is likely to be a new fee on plastic bags. On February 19,…
Bring Bag or Pay Fee Sacramento, CA, May 3, 2013 (PBBR) – A bill in the California legislature, sponsored by State Sen. Lois Wolk, would allow food and alcohol shoppers to choose the type of bag they want at the time of purchase: use your…
Brunei Darussalam, April 27, 2013 (PBBR) – The Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF) with its co-organisers launched the ASEF Green Action initiative with a bag exchange on Wednesday, 17 April 2013 at the Universiti of Brunei Darussalam (UBD). This activity is ASEF’s contribution to raise awareness on…
MAMARONECK, New York, April 27, 2013 (ENS) – A ban on plastic bags went into effect March 31 in the Village of Mamaroneck, a suburb of New York City on Long Island Sound. The new law, passed in August 2012 by the Board of Trustees,…
BANGKOK, Thailand, April 27, 2013 (ENS) – The Thai government has a new program that encourages shoppers to reduce the number of plastic bags they use by one bag per person per day. Studies have found that Thais use eight plastic bags per person per…
Sacramento, CA, April 17, 2013 (PBBR) – The Environmental Quality Committee of the California State Senate today approved SB 405 by Senator Alex Padilla (D-Pacoima). SB 405 would phase out single-use plastic bags in California grocery stores, convenience stores, liquor stores, and pharmacies. The bill…
Statement from American Progressive Bag Alliance On California Senate Bill 405
The following is a statement concerning California Senate Bill 405, a bill to ban plastic…
American Progressive Bag Alliance Launches California Campaign Correcting The Record on Plastic Bags
American Progressive Bag Alliance Launches California Campaign Correcting The Record On Plastic Bags (via PR…
Reusable Bag Training
Retailers complain that reusable bags will slow down the check-out lanes
Colored Plastic Bags Contain Illegal Amounts of Lead
BRATTLEBORO, Vermont, December 19, 2012 (ENS) – Bright solid-colored plastic bags may contain high concentrations…
NCPA: Plastic Bag Bans Cause Unintended Consequences
Aug. 28, 2012 (PBBR) – The National Center for Policy Analysis, based in Dallas, TX…
. . . Quoted by Virgin Islands Daily News in "Artist Pushes for V.I. Ban On Plastic Bags"
. . . Quoted by MSNBC in "Hawaii First State To Ban Plastic Bags"
. . . Quoted by the BBC in "What Should Be Done About Plastic Bags"
. . . Quoted by the Los Angeles Business Journal in "Carrying On"
. . . Quoted by the Municipal in "Plastic Bag Bans"
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