The sheer volume of single-use plastic bags also overwhelms recycling systems, making it difficult to manage waste effectively and increasing pollution levels. Beyond the environment, plastic bags from grocery stores influence consumer behavior and community cleanliness. Many people rel...
Louie Brown with the California Grocers Association said Senate Bill 270 — the bill that implemented the existing grocery bag law — worked initially. Then the Covid-19 pandemic hit, and grocers told customers not to bring reusable bags. Mark Murray, with Californians Against Waste, said the p...
The environmental nonprofit Oceana applauded Newsom for signing the bill and “safeguarding California’s coastline, marine life, and communities from single-use plastic grocery bags.” Christy Leavitt, Oceana’s plastics campaign director, said Sunday that the new ban on single-use plastic bags at ...
While dealing with the ubiquity and harm of plastic bags may take time to manage, both businesses and consumers must take action. Plastic bag recycling must continue to grow, however, with the number of materials currently in circulation, we must prioritize the reduction of these products in ord...
How do I find a bag collection bin? All the national grocery retailers (such as Kroger, Safeway, Target and Walmart) and many smaller retailers offer bag recycling collections in their stores. The bins are usually located near the front entrance. Use theRecycling Searchto find a location near...
A plastic bag sat along a roadside in Sacramento.Rich Pedroncelli/Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) —“Paper or plastic” will no longer be a choice at grocery store checkout lines in California under a new law signed Sunday by Gov. Gavin Newsom that bans all plastic shopping bags...
Eugene Oregon does not allow stores to hand out plastic bags. So the few I get I take to the dog park. They are always needed there. Recycling an item to keep things tidy & organized by: Anonymous I always get those pesky plastic bags when we shop at grocery stores. What we have...
Last spring, as coronavirus restrictions reversed single-use bag bans, plastic film was once again in the limelight. The thin, flexible sheets of plastic are best known for their use in grocery store bags, but get used prolifically in everything from the packaging on Twinkies to bubble wrap....
Putting plastic bags in the wrong bincontaminates the other recyclable materialsand can create dangers for recycling workers because the thin plastic film can become tangled in machineryand jam equipment. Thankfully, grocery stores and big retail stores host collection bins where you can drop off pl...
5. Take them to the recycling centre or agency:most grocery retailers have a collection bin where they collect such plastics. You need to bring the collected, clean and dry recyclable plastic bags to the collection bins, usually at the front entrance of such stores and they will take care ...