More supermarkets stop giving away plastic and paper bags for fruits & vegetables
1 year, 10 months ago

More supermarkets stop giving away plastic and paper bags for fruits & vegetables

NL Times  

Supermarket chains Lidl, Jumbo, Plus and Aldi will stop offering free plastic and paper disposable bags for fruits and vegetables this year. That is why it is important that as many supermarket chains participate as possible,” said Carlijn Röell, the head of the Plastic Pact NL. With this measure, the five expect to save around 126 million plastic bags and 10 million paper bags each year. All five companies also participate in Plastic Pact NL, which includes a total of 82 businesses pledging to reduce consumer use of plastics.

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Most Dutch use reusable shopping bags
1 week, 1 day ago

Most Dutch use reusable shopping bags

NL Times  

Single-use plastic bags may soon disappear from daily life in the Netherlands, according to a new survey conducted by Markteffect for Supporter van Schoon, an initiative by packaging company Verpact. The study, conducted among 1,033 respondents aged 18 and older, found that 86 percent of Dutch consumers use a reusable bag for grocery shopping. It’s fantastic to see more and …

Target, Walmart and Trader Joe's stores in California forced to change how they sell fresh food
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Target, Walmart and Trader Joe's stores in California forced to change how they sell fresh food

Daily Mail  

California has become the first state to ban confusing 'best before' labels on food in all major supermarkets. California has become the first state to ban confusing 'best before' labels on food in all major supermarkets In California alone, around six million tons of unexpired food is tossed in the trash each year. Lawmakers and advocates in California said they …

Governor signs California plastic bag bill into law
3 months ago

Governor signs California plastic bag bill into law

LA Times  

Gavin Newsom signed a bill into law that will close a legal loophole that has allowed for an increase in California’s plastic bag waste, despite a 2014 law that was designed to ban the environmental blight. “Plastic bags create pollution in our environment and break into microplastics that contaminate our drinking water and threaten our health,” said Jenn Engstrom, state …

Sales of plastic bags drop 98% in a decade after Mail's pioneering campaign to ban them
3 months ago

Sales of plastic bags drop 98% in a decade after Mail's pioneering campaign to ban them

Daily Mail  

The number of single-use plastic bags sold in 2023/24 fell by 67million compared to the previous year - and has dropped by 98 per cent in a decade. In 2023/24, the total number of single-use plastic bags sold by all retailers fell to 340 million, down from 407 million in 2022/23. In a further incredible drop, the number of single-use …

‘Paper or plastic?’ will no longer be a choice at California grocery stores
3 months, 3 weeks ago

‘Paper or plastic?’ will no longer be a choice at California grocery stores

LA Times  

Roughly 10 years after California tried and failed to ban plastic bags at grocery stores, state lawmakers have passed a law that they say will forever end the choice of “paper or plastic” in checkout lanes. “This easy change eliminates plastic bags from the point of sale and helps California significantly reduce the plastic waste that is contaminating our environment …

Editorial: Yes, California must ban plastic grocery bags — again
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Editorial: Yes, California must ban plastic grocery bags — again

LA Times  

When California banned flimsy plastic grocery bags, they were replaced with thicker and more durable versions that could be reused dozens of times. California banned single-use plastic grocery bags in 2016, becoming the first state to take this major environmental step. There are two identical bills moving through the Legislature — Assembly Bill 2236 and Senate Bill 1053 — that …

The Cure for Disposable Plastic Crap Is Here—and It’s Loony
4 months, 3 weeks ago

The Cure for Disposable Plastic Crap Is Here—and It’s Loony

Wired  

A plastic bag might be the most overengineered object in history. Some years back, I stopped by a French deli to buy some big chunks of cheese and carried them home in a plastic bag. There’s plastic in grocery bags, obviously, but also in yoga pants and car tires and building materials and toys and medical products. A significant chunk …

Will alternatives to plastic bags step up the fight against waste?
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Will alternatives to plastic bags step up the fight against waste?

The Hindu  

The switch to the alternatives to the banned plastic products has yielded mixed results in Tamil Nadu. A shopkeeper at Parry’s Corner says, “We have shifted from selling plastic items to printing invitation cards, selling greeting cards and paper and cloth bags since the Tamil Nadu government banned the single-use plastic. But, on Anderson Street, you will still find many …

Allow manufacture and sale of biodegradable carry bags in Karnataka: Minister
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Allow manufacture and sale of biodegradable carry bags in Karnataka: Minister

The Hindu  

Environment Minister Eshwar Khandre has asked officials to allow the manufacturing, stocking, and sale of biodegradable vegetable polymer bags which dissolve within six months. Presiding over a meeting of the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board, Mr. Khandre said that single-use plastic bags are harmful to the environment and stressed the need for biodegradable products as an alternative to single-use plastic …

Plastic net bags make way for recyclable alternatives this mandarin season
7 months, 1 week ago

Plastic net bags make way for recyclable alternatives this mandarin season

ABC  

In short: More retailers are replacing plastic net bags with recyclable paper bags for mandarins this season. More retailers are replacing plastic net bags with recyclable paper bags for mandarins this season. With Australia's mandarin season in full swing, plastic net bags that the fruit traditionally comes in are making way for recyclable options as major supermarkets look to follow …

Opinion: California faces an uphill battle against plastic
10 months ago

Opinion: California faces an uphill battle against plastic

LA Times  

Given its green bona fides, it’s no surprise that California was the first state in the nation to ban single-use plastic bags 10 years ago. The plastic bag companies got a caveat in the legislation allowing grocery stores and large retailers to sell plastic bags for a minimum of 10 cents each if they are reusable and recyclable in California. …

How can we kick our plastic habit? Readers weigh in
10 months ago

How can we kick our plastic habit? Readers weigh in

LA Times  

It’s Tuesday, Feb. 20. I use powdered clothes detergent that comes in a cardboard box to avoid bulky plastic liquid detergent containers.” — Kevin G., Long Beach “I keep cloth bags in my car and one in my purse. Sometimes my children laugh at my reused Ziploc bags, but I just remind them I’m trying to leave the world in …

Food waste costs Australian households up to $3,000 a year
1 year, 5 months ago

Food waste costs Australian households up to $3,000 a year

ABC  

As a nation, Australians are throwing too much food in the bin. Key points: The equivalent of one in five shopping bags of food purchased in Australia goes to waste Throwing out one burger wastes the equivalent amount of water as running a shower for 90 minutes RMIT-led research has found unsuitable packaging sizes, poor buying habits, date label confusion, …

Banned Single-use plastics are still widely used across Chennai
1 year, 11 months ago

Banned Single-use plastics are still widely used across Chennai

The Hindu  

Single-use plastics are still in widespread use in Chennai three years after the Tamil Nadu government ordered a ban on the manufacture, sale, and usage of plastic and polystyrene commodities. “One pack of 100 plastic straws used to cost ₹30 but a pack of 80 paper straws costs nearly ₹45,” said Selvam, a tender coconut vendor at Valasaravakkam. Alternatives not …

Think those bags are recyclable? California says think again
1 year, 11 months ago

Think those bags are recyclable? California says think again

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Since California adopted the nation's …

Think those bags are recyclable? California says think again
1 year, 11 months ago

Think those bags are recyclable? California says think again

LA Times  

Rob Bonta says manufacturers can’t back up their claim that the thicker, more durable reusable bags are recyclable as required by the 2014 law that banned single-use plastic shopping bags. Since California adopted the nation’s first ban on single-use plastic shopping bags in 2014, most grocery stores have turned to thicker, reusable plastic bags that are supposed to be recyclable. …

Use of banned single-use plastics on the rise in Coimbatore city
2 years, 2 months ago

Use of banned single-use plastics on the rise in Coimbatore city

The Hindu  

Despite the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change amending the Plastic Waste Management Rules and imposing a ban on manufacture, import, stocking, distribution, sale, and use of single-use plastic items from July 1, 2022, the banned plastic is used widely across the city. Many of the retail vegetable vendors at Anna Market on Mettupalayam Road continue to use the …

Quitting single-use plastic in Japan
2 years, 4 months ago

Quitting single-use plastic in Japan

BBC  

Quitting single-use plastic in Japan Charly Triballeau / Getty Images Single-use plastics which cannot be recycled are difficult to avoid in Tokyo Japan is one of the world's biggest plastic waste producers, thanks to its love of packaging - but a week of going plastic-free in Tokyo reveals surprising solutions. 63% of plastic waste was processed as "thermal recycling," which …

Plastic Alternatives To Add Your Lifestyle on International Plastic Bag Free Day
2 years, 5 months ago

Plastic Alternatives To Add Your Lifestyle on International Plastic Bag Free Day

News 18  

International Plastic Bag Free Day which is celebrated each year on 3rd July, is an effort to eliminate the use of plastic bags. With bags made from cotton, jute, vegan leather and even upcycled plastic, the fashion industry is making an effort to encourage people to look for creative alternatives. For instance, Beco’s Reusable Cloth Bag which reads ‘Silently Judging …

Did you know single-use plastic is banned from July 1?
2 years, 5 months ago

Did you know single-use plastic is banned from July 1?

The Hindu  

Karnataka State Pollution Control Board may have declared that single-use plastic items will not be used from July 1, but, in many parts of Bengaluru, citizens as well as retail vendors, especially hawkers, are not aware of the ban. This is a good decision since plastic is not reusable.” However, among hawkers, the search for an alternative is a cause …

Best reusable bags 2022: Bags for life that won’t be adding to landfill
2 years, 8 months ago

Best reusable bags 2022: Bags for life that won’t be adding to landfill

The Independent  

Get our weekly Home and Garden email for tips, advice and interior inspiration Get our weekly Home and Garden email for tips, and interior inspiration Get our weekly Home and Garden email for tips, and interior inspiration SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Remember the days …

Trash or Recycling? Why Plastic Keeps Us Guessing.
2 years, 8 months ago

Trash or Recycling? Why Plastic Keeps Us Guessing.

New York Times  

Why Plastic Keeps Us Guessing. Trash Drag each item where you think it belongs Milk jug Peanut butter jar Water bottle Shampoo bottle Snack bag Diaper Plastic bag Bubble mailer Foam cup Single-use utensil Yogurt cup Takeout container Berry box Recycling The universal symbol for recycling, known as the “chasing arrows” logo, is stamped on so many things. “We don’t …

No more free plastic bags in fresh produce section of Albert Heijn
3 years, 8 months ago

No more free plastic bags in fresh produce section of Albert Heijn

NL Times  

Starting mid-April, customers at Albert Heijn will be informed that there will soon be no more free plastic bags in the fresh produce section, the ANP reports. By the end of 2021, Albert Heijns aims to completely remove plastic bags from all stores. According to the grocer, cutting out plastic bags will save about 243 tons of plastic that would …

Tesco begins roll out of 'soft plastic' recycling points
3 years, 9 months ago

Tesco begins roll out of 'soft plastic' recycling points

Daily Mail  

Tesco has started rolling out 'soft plastic' recycling points for old packaging such as bread bags, pet food pouches and crisp packets. One of Tesco's soft plastic recycling points, which is being rolled out so customers can recycle old packaging such as bread bags, pet food pouches and crisp packets A shopping basket showing products wrapped in plastic. Customers can …

Plastic bag ban starts in New York after months of delay
4 years, 2 months ago

Plastic bag ban starts in New York after months of delay

Associated Press  

ALBANY, N.Y. — New York’s long-delayed ban on single-use plastic bags went into effect Monday. The state law bans supermarkets, department stores and other types of businesses from distributing the thin plastic bags that have been clogging up landfills, getting tangled in trees and accumulating in lakes and seas. The law was supposed to go into effect March 1, but …

10 best reusable produce bags for reducing waste
4 years, 4 months ago

10 best reusable produce bags for reducing waste

The Independent  

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