ORINDA, Calif. -- An effort to ban the use of all plastic bags in grocery stores in California is moving forward. AB 2236 and SB 1053, an identical set of bills, passed each House on May 21 with ...

Two bills in the Oregon Legislature would address microplastic pollution. ... Senate Bill 551 would ban thicker "reusable" plastic bags and restrict single-use plastics in restaurants and hotels.

No more plastic bags? Two bills introduced in the California legislature last week want to make the state’s bag ban even stronger. For nearly a decade, Senate Bill 270 has banned California ...

"I'm against that." Lawmakers debate controversial bills that would add surcharge for plastic bags: 'It's a tax savings to the community' first appeared on The Cool Down.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed several bills last month aimed at reducing plastic and polystyrene use. Two other bills environmental advocates say are important steps to improving reusable systems and m… ...

Spending bills are supposed to begin in the House, and so to make this latest stopgap measure work, senators substituted the spending bill into a House-passed bill originally having to do with the ...

Duck Derby takes over Chicago River for a good cause 02:31 Nearly two decades ago, 150,000 rubber ducks were set loose from Dublin in an attempt to break the record for the world's largest plastic ...

Filip Miller, 13, stumbled across the plastic duck while walking his dogs — and brought it back home to his mom, Marion, who spotted the telltale writing on the toy.

The bill would prohibit stores from handing out disposable plastic bags at checkout, and instead require them to charge 10 cents for a paper or reusable bag. (The Senate passed a similar bill in ...

ORINDA, Calif. -- An effort to ban the use of all plastic bags in grocery stores in California is moving forward. AB 2236 and SB 1053, an identical set of bills, passed each House on May 21 with ...