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Kroger Begins Effort To Eliminate Single-Use Plastic Bags In Mid-Atlantic Stores
Kroger employees wore green shirts that read “Reusable in, Single-use out,” as they greeted customers on Monday with colorful bags. A Kroger
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Are Paper Bags Really Better for the Environment Than Plastic Bags?
In May, New Jersey became the first state to ban single-use bags made from plastic or paper in large grocery stores. The new ban lumps both
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Radnor and Ambler ban single-use plastic bags
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Hong Kong legislature divided over lawmaker’s proposal to increase plastic bag fee to HK$2
Hong Kong’s legislature has expressed mixed reviews to a lawmaker’s proposal to increase the city’s plastic shopping bag fee to at least HK$2,
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California Law Begins to Phase Out Single-Use Plastics
California Law Begins to Phase Out Single-Use Plastics Photo: KONOPLIZKAYA/Depositphotos Plastics clog our oceans and clutter land fills. About half
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Hannah Yeoh Shares Reasons For Skyrocketing Food Prices From KL Market Vendors
If you don’t already know by now, the prices of necessities such as food items are once again skyrocketing, leaving many B40 and M40 community
‘Breakthrough’ discovery: microplastics detected in human blood
The negative effects of microplastics on wildlife and human health are well documented, but a pioneering body of research published in the journal
UK supermarkets cut plastic packaging by 10%
// Plastic packaging on supermarket shelves has been cut by a tenth, report shows // Leading retailers and manufacturers have also nearly halved the
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Plastic, Perfected
Useful and infinitely malleable, plastics are ubiquitous in modern life. They are also a mixed blessing. Plastic detritus litters landscapes
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Philup The Fish Does His Bit To Raise Awareness of Plastic Pollution In Our Oceans
There is a growing awareness of the dangers of plastic pollution in our oceans, and this has been supported in my area by a giant plastic-gobbling
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Plastic Free July: Cut These Top 4 Single-Use Plastics
If you don’t know where to even begin when embarking on a month without plastic, start by cutting what the Plastic Free July website refers to as
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SG considering charging for plastic bags: This is how the Internet reacted
By now, I’m pretty sure we all know the consequences that plastics have on our environment. Ever since the negative effects of single-use plastic
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Madison no longer accepting plastic grocery bags in bundles in recycling bins
Madison is no longer accepting bundles of plastic bags in recycling containers because of how they hurt recycling sorters and the lack of market
Why I'm throwing away every plastic thing in my kitchen ASAP [Silicon Alley Insider]
Chemicals in plastic called BPA and phthalates seem to be everywhere. Many researchers worry these chemicals can leach into food and get into your
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Walmart ‘Going Plastic Bag Free’ Giveaway Posts
On March 23 2021, a purported (and popular) Walmart post circulated on Facebook, promising a “$75 voucher” and pledging Walmart would “go