"On and after July 1, 2021, no owner or operator of a store shall provide or sell a single-use checkout bag to a customer." ...

Gov. Tina Kotek has signed a bill into law that bans thicker, reusable plastic bags at grocery store checkouts, restaurants ...

Oregon has eliminated a loophole that will see its retailers and restaurants stop giving away all plastic bags by 2027.

A Pennsylvania lawmaker is proposing new legislation that would ban single-use plastic bags. According to a memo from State Senator Judith Schwank (D-11), she is ...

If a Pennsylvania senator gets her way, single-use plastic bags will be a thing of the past. Sen. Judith Schwank (D) will be introducing legislation to ban single-use plastic bags in the state. Stores ...

The state’s ban on plastic bags expired at the end of 2021 and has not been renewed. Officials on both sides of the issue say those local bans could inspire the General Assembly to take up the ...

(The Center Square) – Pennsylvania could soon join a growing list of states banning single-use plastic bags. While legislators work out the details of a statewide ban, the groundwork is being ...

A BAN ON BAGS RIGHT NOW IN HARRISBURG. A STATE SENATOR IS PUSHING TO OUTLAW SINGLE USE PLASTIC BAGS AT RETAIL STORES ACROSS THE ENTIRE COMMONWEALTH. NEWS EIGHT’S MICHAEL FULLER IS HERE.

The American Progressive Bag Alliance often challenges the idea that plastic bans are a truly environmental option. Plastic bags, they argue, have more than a single use. They can be reused for ...

The column paints New Jersey’s plastic bag ban as a success, but the facts tell a different story. The claim that 24 billion film plastic bags have been removed from the waste stream lacks a ...

Kristyna Wentz-Graff / OPB Oregon’s ban on plastic grocery bags will kick up a notch under a bill headed to the desk of Gov. Tina Kotek. Beginning in 2027, Senate Bill 551 will ensure that ...