Recycling…The Gift That Keeps Giving
We share some great tips for going green this holiday season and well into the New Year. Find out how we can help your customers use less paper and cardboard and make recycling easy!
Your 2020 Worldwide Plastic Bag Ban Update…What a Year It Was!
Big Changes in 2020 with More to Come in 2021! Conducting business in 2020 definitely did not go as anyone expected, and the bag ban movement was not exempt from any of the twists and turns the year had in store. Despite all of the changes and uncertainty, a lot of...
Will Fort Lauderdale Bypass Existing Florida Law to Ban Styrofoam?
Find Out What a Possible Plastic Foam Ban Means for Your Business Fort Lauderdale is making waves for a proposal that would help to eliminate trash and litter. If approved, plastic foam food containers, also known as Styrofoam would be banned from beaches and public...
New Jersey Governor Promotes Reusable Bags and Businesses Benefit!
New Jersey has long been a hotbed for single-use plastic bag bans and they are now the most recent state to pass a ban on disposable plastic bags. While several states have already passed plastic bag bans, New Jersey definitely did things their own way by passing a unique and comprehensive law. Learn more about what sets New Jersey’s bag ban apart from all the others and what your business needs to know about the New Jersey bag ban.
MassDEP Sustainable Materials Recovery Program (SMRP) Takes Off
Bay State Going Green and Streamlining Waste Stream Significant changes that will have a severe impact on the waste stream are coming to Massachusetts. The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) Sustainable Materials Recovery Program (SMRP)...
What Is The Alternative to Styrofoam Food Containers for Restaurants?
Find Out How to Keep Your Business Moving Forward While Going Green Without Styrofoam Food Containers Big changes are coming to restaurants in Maryland and those changes may spread to other states. We already discussed that Maryland was the first to ban foam food...
Maryland First to Ban Foam Food Containers…What Restauranteurs Need to Know
Find out why Styrofoam is bad and how foam bans will be like plastic bag bans and move across the country. Is your restaurant ready for the change?
New York Bag Ban Enforcement Begins Despite COVID! #BYOBagNY
Plastic Bag Ban Finally Enforced in New York Each single-use plastic bag ban takes a unique journey and those journeys are usually a lengthy process. New York’s bag ban is no exception, but the Empire State did encounter some unexpected twists and turns when the...
Dayton to Impose Two-Strike Recycling Rule…Is There Another Option?
Dayton’s Two-Strike Recycling Rule Works to Decrease Wishcycling. Could Simplifying Recycling Work Instead? Recycling seems easy enough, but that is just not always the case. Sometimes it’s very easy to identify if an item can be recycled, but other times...
Latest News on Worldwide Bag Bans Brings BIG News!
Learn the Latest About the Bag Ban Movement Efforts to ban single-use plastic bags experienced a bit of a setback because of the spread of COVID-19. Still, the movement is going strong and moving forward. Disposable plastic bags are bad for the planet, and reusable...
New Jersey’s S864 Tough Paper & Plastic Bag Ban – Here’s What YOUR Business Needs to Know
Here’s What YOUR Business Needs to Know About New Jersey’s S864 Tough Paper & Plastic Bag Ban The Garden State is likely to be the next state to ban single-use plastic bags and other disposable items. The S864 ban in New Jersey has passed both Houses...
With S864 New Jersey Poised to Enact Toughest Plastic Bag Ban Law
Going Green in the Garden State State officials in New Jersey have attempted to ban single-use plastic bags for a while now. While state measures continued to stall, about 130 individual towns and cities picked up the slack and passed their own bag bans in an effort...
Latest News on Plastic Bag Bans Around The World
A Global Look at Going Reusable The bag ban movement is getting back on track with more laws being implemented and more governments discussing possible bans. You can always get an up-to-date look at the bag ban movement by checking out our plastic bag ban map. This...
Here’s How To Dispose of PPE Litter Properly to Protect The Planet
Prioritizing Reducing PPE Litter One of the most unexpected changes brought about by the Coronavirus pandemic is an increase in litter, but not just any litter. PPE equipment is showing up as litter. The #PPELitter hashtag has been trending on Twitter, so we felt like...
University of California Scraps Single-Use Plastic Bags
Golden State Once Again Going Green The University of California is leading the way with a plan to eliminate single-use plastic across all nine of the schools that make up their network of institutions. Our friends at Waste Advantage brought this ambitious and...
Summer 2020 COVID-19 U.S. Bag Ban Update
How Has COVID-19 Impacted the Bag Ban Movement? The bag ban movement appears to be moving forward again after the COVID-19 pandemic briefly slowed things down. While some bans were temporarily lifted, others have been delayed and efforts to implement new measures are...
It’s Raining Plastic. What Can We Do?
Recent studies have found several National Parks in the western U.S. are inundated with plastic litter, but these aren’t disposable water bottles left behind by negligent hikers. Microplastics have been found in rainwater samples that were collected and tested as part of the research. It turns out plastic is raining down on us, so what can we do? We can #GoReusableNow! Reusable bags that are great for marketing can also provide part of the solution to ending plastic particles in the atmosphere.
Will the Passed Vermont Bag Ban Still Move Forward During COVID-19?
Going Green in the Green Mountain State Vermont was one of several states to take a stand against plastic last year when they passed what is the most comprehensive statewide ban on single-use plastic items to date. We have long tracked the bag ban movement and the...
