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 […]
Stay Safe While Protecting Others and the Planet Efforts to flatten the curve and slow the spread of COVID-19 have led to an increase in the use of protective face masks and gloves. The use of such protective gear increased when the Center for Disease Control and Prevention issued advice to wear face masks in […]
Change of Plans Maine was ready to implement a ban on single-use plastic bags, and then with COVID-19, everything changed. Disposable plastic bag bans have gained some major momentum at the state-wide level in the past year. The bag ban movement is something we’ve tracked for many years as you can see in what is […]
Getting to the Bottom of a Common Recycling Question Single-use plastic bags seem harmless enough. They make it easy to carry groceries and other items home from the store, but then what? Some people repurpose them as trash bags but then they end up in a landfill and the materials are lost. Recycling seems like […]
Go Green for a Long Time to Come! Going green is good for the planet and good for your business. Each year, when Earth Day rolls around, businesses look for ideas to go green. This is great and we wholeheartedly encourage efforts to go green. We’ve even rounded up marketing ideas to promote your business […]
Why It Pays to Read the Labels When Recycling Wishcycling is the act of tossing an item in a recycling bin when you’re really not sure if it can be recycled. This seems harmless enough, but it can actually have some pretty serious consequences if you guess wrong. This behavior is incredibly normal and wishcycling […]
Is recycling worth it? Do your efforts even matter? We looked at some stats to determine if you should really even bother when it comes to recycling.
Clearing Up the Confusion on the New York Bag Ban New York was all set to implement a single-use plastic bag ban on March 1, 2020. This ban is intended to reduce trash and help New Yorkers lead the way in sustainability. However, there was some confusion around some of the details. While the New […]
Find Out More About State-Wide Bag Ban Efforts The single-use plastic bag ban movement is always growing and more and more cities and states are considering bag bans of their own. We track the movement on our U.S. bag ban map, but we wanted to take a deeper look at the latest bag ban news. […]
5 Ways NY Marketers Can Benefit From the New York Bag Ban On March 1, 2020, single-use plastic bags will be banned throughout New York, making this the second state to implement a bag ban. We have been tracking the bag ban movement for a long time now. You can see a map of all […]
Go Green and Grow Your Business On March 1, 2020, the New York bag ban will go into action. New York joins the growing list of cities, counties, states, and even countries that have banned single-use plastic bags. You can see the full impact of the bag ban movement with this map of all the […]
Is New York Ready for Their Bag Ban? The bag ban in New York is almost here, which means the 19.5 million people who call the Empire State home need to find an alternative to single-use plastic bags. Will YOUR state be the next to implement a bag ban? Will your organization be ready? Bag […]
Microplastics are tiny pieces of plastic litter that end up in our water and food supply. We already looked at how microplastics happen, so now we’re going to look at a variety of health effects of microplastics. Find out what these tiny plastic particles mean for you and your family.
Plastic is everywhere and such a common part of modern life. While plastic provides useful value, it also leads to a variety of problems. One unintended consequence of all these products made from plastic is microplastics. Find out more about microplastics and how these tiny pieces infiltrate modern life.
Ditch Wishcycling to Improve Recycling Efforts Recycling is a great way to streamline the waste stream and make the most of the existing materials while conserving resources. However, the process of recycling is only effective when materials that can, in fact, be recycled are tossed into the proper bin. When items that cannot be recycled […]
How Far Is the Bag Ban Movement Likely to Reach? To date, eight states have been banned single-use plastic bags. This is an amazing accomplishment! Banning single-use plastic bags takes a lot of work, primarily because there is a lot of resistance. The plastic manufacturing industry works hard to prevent bans from happening, and there […]
Efforts Intended to Take on Massive Environmental Problem The Chinese government is taking steps to ban single-use plastic bags in response to the huge environmental impact of single-use plastics. This is exciting news because if a country as large as China can eliminate single-use plastic bags this action will have a global impact and hopefully […]
Outreach Helps People Understand How to Recycle Earlier, we wrote about proposed legislation that could tremendously help the recycling industry. The inspiration for these posts came from our friends at SWANA. Essentially, both pieces of legislation would provide financial resources to state and local governments with the intent to improve outreach around recycling. We are […]
Find Out Which States are Going Green in the New Year Over the past summer, we launched our series, #StatesBanTheBag. The goal of this series was to highlight the efforts to ban single-use plastic bags at the state level. We already track the bag ban movement on our plastic bag ban map, but this series […]