Plastic bag manufacturers filed a second ballot measure on Friday in California's fight over a statewide plastic bag ban.The American Progressive Bag Alliance, which represents bag manufacturers, ...

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 ...

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 ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif.-- Gov. Jerry Brown has signed legislation imposing the nation's first statewide ban on single-use plastic bags, driven to action by a buildup of litter and damage to aquatic ...

California is banning all plastic bags at grocery stores starting in 2026. The new law eliminates thick reusable plastic bags, plus requires a 10-cent paper bag fee.

Plastic bag policies led to a 25% to 47% reduction in the amount of disposable, thin plastic bag litter on America's ...

Laura Ledbetter scooped a handful of resin pellets and held out her palm for inspection. A faint smell of melting plastic hung in the air as workers rode past her on forklifts carrying rolls of white ...

Lauren Kuby had a simple ambition: She wanted to get something done. Kuby works by day at a sustainability institute that’s part of Arizona State University in Tempe, but last year she decided to run ...

TOM FUDGE: Yesterday, Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill to make California the first state in the nation to them the use of disposable plastic bags a grocery store checkout. Next July, the law will ...