Dublin Live on MSN1d
Dublin City Council to extend plastic bin bag ban citywide following successful pilot
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Irish Mirror on MSN1d
Dublin City Council to ban use of plastic refuse bags on all streets across capital in the next year
New rules announced by the council last September introduced a pilot ban on waste bags on select streets in the south of the ...
Plastics are seeping into farm fields, food and eventually human bodies. Can they be stopped?
Around the world, plastics find their way into farm fields. Climate change makes agricultural plastic, already a necessity ...
The Cool Down3dOpinion
Lawmakers vote in favor of controversial new measure banning common items found in stores and restaurants: 'A win'
Lawmakers in Oregon voted in favor of Senate Bill 551, which could see restrictions over single-use plastics come into place ...
Waste Advantage Magazine4d
Connecticut Lawmakers Move to Ban Plastic Utensils, Styrofoam Food Containers
The General Assembly’s Environment Committee passed a bill on March 24 that will ban plastic utensils, straws, stirrers, and ...
Maine Public4d
Legislators consider whether to strengthen or weaken Maine's ban on plastic retail bags
Six years after Maine banned plastic retail bags, the Legislature is consider a slew of bills to strengthen the law, or ...
Paper bags will be back in N.J. grocery stores if I’m elected governor, candidate says
Paper bags would return to grocery stores in New Jersey were he elected governor, U.S. Rep. Josh Gottheimer told NJ Advance ...
Why are a growing number of airlines banning power banks on flights?
Several airlines are tightening rules on carrying lithium batteries on planes following a series of overheating and fire ...
What Shopping Bags Should I Use?
All bags are not created equal when it comes to the environment. And paper might not be as green as you think.
Press of Atlantic City8d
New Jersey may allow a return to paper grocery bags if they're partly recycled
Now, some state lawmakers want to allow a return to paper bags at the grocery checkout, provided the bags contain at least 40 ...
Yahoo News UK14d
Supermarkets 'should be banned' from wrapping these 21 fruit and veg items in plastic
The NGO called for a ban on the sale of apples ... The survey found that 77% of people would prefer fruit to be delivered in a paper bag, rather than plastic wrap and plastic trays. A further 75% ...