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 progress was made and […]
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 areas. We are very excited about this prospect since Fort […]
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.
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) recently awarded $3.2 million. The MassDEP SMRP grant money aims to minimize trash carted off to landfills, increase recycling, […]
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 containers, better known as Styrofoam. Now we want to talk about […]
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?
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 Coronavirus pandemic hit right as the bag ban was about […]
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 it can be hard to make the call. Trying to recycle non-recyclable items has a […]
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 bags are a safe alternative, even during the Coronavirus pandemic. […]
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 and would ban disposable plastic and paper shopping bags, […]
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 to promote the use of reusable grocery bags. […]
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 resource provides a brief overview of different laws […]
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 it was a good time to revisit the topic of […]
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 exciting plan to our attention. Find out the details behind this initiative […]
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 starting up again. You can get a big picture view of the […]
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.
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 #StatesBanTheBag movement. You can discover bag bans near […]
How to Help Tenants and the Planet Multi-family dwellings, like apartments, condos, and townhomes typically have very low recycling rates. The inability to recycle means residents toss recyclable items in the trash because that is their only option. This places a burden on the local waste stream, contributes to landfills reaching capacity much quicker, and […]
Chile Ready to Go Reusable Now with Bag Ban for Small Shops We have long followed the bag ban movement as is evident in our bag ban map. We’re always excited to hear about a new ban, and we were very interested and hopeful when we first heard Chile was going to implement a bag […]
Find Out Where Plastic Bag Bans Are Still Allowed In a relatively short amount of time, for the moment, the coronavirus has changed just about every aspect of life. The spread of COVID-19 has largely impacted the bag ban movement in two ways. The start date for many new bag bans has been delayed. While […]