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Plan to ban plastic grocery bags clears first hurdle in California

A bill that would prohibit plastic bags in California grocery stores and steer people to paper or reusable bags passed its first legislative committee hearing on Wednesday. read more

California bill to eliminate plastic ‘reusable’ shopping bags advances

A state bill to close a loophole in California’s single-use plastic bag ban that allows for stores to distribute a “recyclable” alternative passed through its first hurdle. read more

After single-use plastic bag ban backfired, Calif. lawmakers advance ban on reusable plastic

The big picture: SB 1053 will ban all plastic shopping bags by 2026, leaving an exemption for bags used to hold uncooked food and other items to avoid contamination for public health purposes. The ... read more

Q&A: Why are we drowning in single-use plastics, and what can we do about it?

Plastic is ubiquitous. It's in the clothes we wear, wrapped around the food we eat and in the toothpaste we use. It floats in the oceans and litters the snow on Mount Everest. read more

Sen. Blakespear’s Bill to Stop Plastic Bags in Grocery Stores Passes Committee

Encinitas, to ban plastic bags at grocery store checkouts passed the Senate Environmental Quality Committee Wednesday. read more

‘Super cute please like’: the unstoppable rise of Shein

It is taking fast fashion to ever faster and ever cheaper extremes, and making billions from it. Why is the whole world shopping at Shein? read more

Issues of the Environment: The Ecology Center pushes for tougher plastics regulations in Michigan

Earth Day 2024 is right around the corner, and this year’s theme is “Planet vs. Plastics.” Advocates are calling for a global reduction of 60% in plastics manufacturing to protect the environment and ... read more

CURIOUS MIND: Expanding longhorn program will continue to grow

Every year Valley Co-op donates the use of 150 to 200 new pipe panels to create the pens ... “We’re just out of space so we thought we could go ahead and get the 4-H their own barn, which is what ... read more

In France, zero-waste experiments tackle a tough problem: People’s habits

Local initiatives in French cities Roubaix and Nouvelle-Aquitaine try different strategies for waste reduction — and behaviour change. read more

Full Transcript: This is Climate Summit: Tipping Points

What tools do you give them to do what you're doing? MS. ATWELL: Well, we use ... banned from fishing, and that's how we sustain our communities and are able to feed our families, because a lot of the ... read more

Plan to ban plastic grocery bags clears first hurdle in California Senate

Another bill, which would have prohibited restaurants from giving single-use cups to customers who dine in, failed. read more