has introduced legislation to repeal the state's 2020 law banning the sale and use of single-use plastic and paper carryout bags, his office announced earlier this year. "New Jersey implemented ...

Phase 1 of the NexTrex online portal has plastic bag and film drop-off locations listed across the ... be recycled in curbside bins with other recyclable materials, such as paper, cardboard and glass, ...

When bans on single-use plastic bags haven’t also included a fee on paper bags, their use has soared. In Portland, Ore., for instance, paper bag use shot up by nearly 500% after the city enacted ...

Roughly 10 years after California tried and failed to ban plastic bags at grocery stores, state lawmakers have passed a law that they say will forever end the choice of “paper or plastic” in ...

Besides grocery bags, these bins usually accept the plastic wrapping from paper towels ... which turns the plastic into composite decking and railing material, according to Leslie Sweet, H ...

There, those plastic bags and plastic film packaging are turned into sustainable outdoor products, including composite decks and railings "It is typically pelletized, then we mix it with wood dust ...