SACRAMENTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A coalition of plastic film recyclers and reusable bag manufacturers today launched the Responsible Recycling Alliance (RRA), a coalition organized to help ...

That’s because California is finally closing a major loophole in its plastic bag ban. Starting on Jan. 1, stores will be ...

The Progressive Bag Affiliates has launched an initiative to promote bag recycling throughout the nation. Several of the country's biggest bag manufacturers will begin printing a message on their bags ...

Repeat Performance:Pete Grande at Command Packaging’s facility in Vernon. While most plastic bag manufacturers in California and around the nation are pouring millions of dollars into defeating a ban ...

The idea is simple: Reduce plastic waste by requiring shoppers to bring their own reusable bags. The reality is messy. Plastic bag bans have spread across the nation, but some data suggests that ...

California has reached a settlement with several plastic bag manufacturers over allegations of misleading sustainability claims, according to the Associated Press, but the state has also filed an ...

Industry groups opposed to Los Angeles County’s newly passed ban on plastic grocery bags are weighing whether to file legal challenges against the ordinance. The Save the Plastic Bag Coalition, an ...

Book cover for Trent A. Romer’s “Finding Sustainability: The Personal and Professional Journey of a Plastic Bag Manufacturer.” The cover photo of the June 2018 National Geographic clearly showed the ...

ALBANY — A statewide ban on single-use plastic bags "would mean the end of our business" if it goes into effect March 1 as written, the owner of a Melville plastic bag manufacturer told state ...

New laws go into effect every year, but few have as broad an impact on California consumers as the state’s full ban on ...