>> MOST OF US USE THESE BLUE PLASTIC BAGS WHEN WE GO TO GIANT EAGLE. BUT THIS STORE HAS GOTTEN RID OF THEM. INSTEAD SHOPPERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO USE REUSABLE BAGS LIKE THESE. IT ALL KICKS OFF TODAY AT ...

New Jersey’s single-use plastic bag ban has proved unsuccessful in curbing plastic consumption, with a new study showing that plastic use has tripled. Gov. Phil Murphy (D-NJ) signed a bill that set ...

SAN ANTONIO — San Antonio residents will no longer be allowed to place plastic bags in the city's blue recycle bins after August 1. The San Antonio Solid Waste Department (SWMD) said it will not ...

I note with dismay that The MarketPlace stores have introduced blue plastic bags to replace the paper bags they have been using for years. This flies in the face of pending regulations to prohibit ...

Plastic consumption in New Jersey spiked by nearly three times following the state’s implementation of a strict ban on single-use plastic shopping bags, a study found. "Following New Jersey’s ban of ...

A big change is coming to recycling in St. Peters. For 25 years, residents used blue plastic bags that weren’t even recyclable. Now, thanks largely to a $320,000 grant, the city is rolling out new ...

SAN ANTONIO – The San Antonio Solid Waste Management Department is no longer accepting single-use plastic bags in blue recycling bins, even bundled, to address issues caused by processing them. The ...

Plastic bags of all shapes and sizes have long been an issue for the contractor that sorts and processes the mass of blue-cart recycling in Tulsa. Robert Pickens, general manager of Tulsa Recycle and ...

The Deschutes Recycling Center at Knott Landfill is launching a new initiative to accept more products for recycling.