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California Banned Single-Use Plastic Bags. Now It's Tossing More Plastic.
An anonymous reader shares a report: When California state legislators passed a 2014 law banning single-use plastic bags, the hope was that it would notably reduce the amount of discarded plastic. But fast-forward nearly a decade: Californians are tossing more pounds of plastic bags than before the...
COVID restrictions led many to get groceries, restaurant dishes and other products delivered to our doors, often in thick plastic bags. New legislation is being proposed that would also ban the thicker plastic bags from grocery and large retail stores. But as Susanne pointed out, plastics companies will have notable oversight and authority over the program "via a Producer Responsibility Organization, which will be made up of industry representatives."
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