Los Angeles Times

Plastic bag bans seem to work, at least when it comes to shoreline pollution

Researchers find that nationwide policies to ban plastic bags may be paying off, with fewer showing up during coastal cleanups. Ever since their invention in 1959, plastic bags have become synonymous ...
The Connecticut Mirror

CT’s plastic bag ban – four years later

Connecticut environmentalists raised their reusable water bottles for a toast when Public Act 19-117 was passed six years ago, phasing out single-use plastic bags at checkouts. The law was structured ...
KTLA

Plastic bag fees and bans are working–big time, researchers say

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. It’s been more than a decade since ...
WTAE-TV

Experts weigh environmental trade-offs of Pittsburgh's single-use plastic bag ban

ON. WTAE.COM. 1237 IS THE TIME ON THIS WEDNESDAY AND PITTSBURGH’S PLASTIC BAG BAN WAS IMPLEMENTED IN OCTOBER OF 2023 TO TACKLE ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS. IT HAS SPARKED BOTH PRAISE AND QUESTIONS ABOUT ...