In most grocery stores, all of the fresh produce is either pre-wrapped in plastic film or it gets placed in plastic bags – both of which are often discarded by consumers. A new bioactive paper bag, ...

In the midst of the holidays, New Jerseyans are approaching a sustainable milestone this December: seven months into the state’s single-use plastic bag ban. Since May 4, the law has banned single-use ...

Sacramento’s food waste program is a little over a year old and still, people have questions about how to comply in their household. And The Sacramento Bee will keep answering them. On Sunday, a ...

On my desk is a package of supposedly biodegradable plastic bags. A helpful person gave it to me with the hope I would promote degradable plastic bags as a solution for both types of residential food ...

Paper bags would return to grocery stores in New Jersey were he elected governor, U.S. Rep. Josh Gottheimer told NJ Advance Media on Tuesday. Since May 2022, large grocery stores and big box stores in ...

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When New Jersey enacted its wide-ranging plastic bag ban six months ago, it also banned all paper bags from supermarkets and big box stores. The law is estimated to have eliminated 3 billion plastic ...

Henry Gabriel, Honolulu’s Recycling Program Branch Chief, joins producer/host Coralie Chun Matayoshi to discuss the evolution of and compliance with the City’s nearly decade old “plastic bag ban,” ...