This includes a five-cent plastic bag tax, enforcement of an existing state law banning balloon releases and enforcing a polystyrene — or styrofoam — ban for food retailers. “All this ...

This includes the No Plastic Bag Everyday initiative by the Department of Environment, Parks and Recreation, JASTRe at participating shops and department stores. Using reusable bags while shopping has ...

Consumer Council found that five of the 11 online retailers they checked did not ask customers to pay HK$1 per plastic bag, which is required by law The government must give guidance to online ...

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They also collected fewer straws and styrofoam containers. Clean Ocean Action attributes the progress to the state’s plastic bag ban, which went into effect in 2022 and also restricted the use of ...

The following animals were found at the residence: 48 live dogs One deceased dog in a plastic bag Seven cats After an investigation, Janelle Kay Mills was identified as the suspect in this case ...

Several European countries have introduced legislation to cut plastic bag use on high streets – such as the UK Plastic Bag Levy in 2015 – but as shoppers migrated online, ecommerce plastic bag use has ...

LANSING, MI - Some Democrats in Lansing are pushing to give local governments the power to ban or tax plastic bags and containers in their communities. Democrats in the Senate and House ...

(The Center Square) – Plastic bags could eventually be a thing of the past in some Michigan communities. A pair of Democratic lawmakers recently introduced a bill that would again allow communities to ...

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The plastic bag levy first came into force for large retailers in October 2015 and now applies to all retailers in Britain. But there is a huge gap between the progress made in bricks-and-mortar ...