Does recycling disposable plastic bags work? An independent study indicates it doesn’t. Trackers placed inside disposable plastic bags dropped off at recycling facilities indicated that most were not recycled. Find out more about this study and learn why going reusable is more of a guarantee of your green efforts than recycling is and how businesses can benefit from it.
Colorado has implemented a measure to phase out disposable plastic bags through the implementation of disposable plastic bag fees. The first part of the plan has been put into motion, and local recycling facilities are already seeing a change for the better in Colorado’s efforts to reduce single-use plastic. Learn more about Colorado’s efforts and how your business can help the cause with custom reusable bags.
Many communities are looking for ways to reduce trash and litter and disposable bag fees are an increasingly common solution. But do disposable bag fees work and steer people to reusable shopping bags? We look at the results from one study.
How the Garden State Is Going Green New Jersey is about to become the next state to ban single-use plastic bags. Like most bag bans, it has been a process, and there were some unexpected turns along the way. Since the start, we have been following the journey, and you can learn more about the […]
Find out what happened with the plastic bag ban movement during 2021 and what will happen in 2022! We explain which cities and states passed bag bans and what measures are currently underway.
What Does Washington’s Bag Ban Mean for Your Business and Customers? After several delays, a single-use plastic bag ban will go into action in Washington on October 1, 2021. This ban has been a long-time coming and while it’s certainly a big deal for environmental reasons, it also signals a big change for businesses and […]
How One Community Is Making a Difference Not all trash is, well, trash. Sometimes people have items they no longer want or need that still have a lot of use left to them. Sending these items to a landfill is wasteful and it also fills up a landfill prematurely. A recent article published by Waste […]
The Centennial State Goes Green with Bag Ban A single-use plastic bag ban passed in Colorado after years of hard work. While the state ban was worked out, several cities throughout the state passed their own plastic bag bans and fees; showing that there was interest and support for such a measure. We have been […]
What Your Business Needs to Know to Go Green in Philly Philadelphia is one of the latest cities in the U.S. to ban single-use plastic bags. We first talked about Philadelphia and their proposed bag fee back in 2015. After years of hard work and various setbacks, including two delays related to the pandemic, single-use […]
What You Need to Know About the Connecticut Bag Ban Connecticut is soon to be the latest state to implement a single-use plastic bag ban. If you have a retail business then this ban is a big change and also a unique opportunity. Let’s go over what you need to know about the Connecticut bag […]