by The New York Times | Nov 4, 2019 | Plastic Bags
The decision by New York State to ban single-use plastic bags from retail stores makes it a good time to revisit everyone’s favorite environmental quandary: paper or plastic? Unfortunately, there’s not a simple answer on whether paper or plastic bags are better for...
by Forbes | Oct 21, 2019 | Plastic Bags
New York governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law a statewide ban on single-use plastic bags. It is estimated that New York uses 23 billion plastic bags every year with 50 percent of those plastic bags ending up in landfills and around the city and waterways. Governor...
by US News | Oct 14, 2019 | Plastic Bags
The city will impose a 5-cent fee on single-use paper bags at retail and grocery stores. MANHATTAN is taking New York’s recent climate legislation banning plastic bags one step further by imposing a fee for paper bags. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed...
