Daiso, an affordable retail chain known for their Japanese inspired home decor, stationery, snacks, and more, is opening stores in Minnesota. The Woodbury location is having a grand opening ...

These laws affect 2.6 million Pennsylvanians, and since 2018, have eliminated an estimated 950 million single-use plastic bags annually – amounting to over 5,200 tons of waste.

Kristyna Wentz-Graff / OPB Oregon’s ban on plastic grocery bags will kick up a notch under a bill headed to the desk of Gov. Tina Kotek. Beginning in 2027, Senate Bill 551 will ensure that ...

This is what the data says about plastic bag bans. Plastic bag bans have been popping up across the country for the past decade, but a lawmaker in one state is looking at walking back the law ...

New legislation is going to be introduced in Pennsylvania that is aimed at banning single-use plastic bags throughout the state. Single-use plastic bags have already been banned in Pittsburgh and ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – About one year after debuting reusable fabric grocery bags, Giant Eagle is switching back to plastic at most of its Columbus stores. In May 2024, the Pennsylvania-based ...

Giant Eagle is going back to disposable plastic bags after a year of reusable fabric bags, according to a statement from a company spokesperson. Since May 2024, the Pittsburgh-based grocery ...

SALEM Ore. (KPTV) - The Oregon legislature has passed a bipartisan bill banning the use of plastic film checkout bags at restaurants, grocery stores and retail stores statewide. Senate Bill 551 ...

SALEM, Ore. (KATU) — A bill banning all bags made of plastic film at checkout at restaurants, grocery stores, and other retail locations cleared the Oregon Senate and now heads to Governor Kotek ...

LANCASTER, Pa. — A Berks County lawmaker is looking to introduce legislation that would ban single-use plastic bags in Pennsylvania. If passed, Pennsylvanian retailers would be forbidden from ...

“First and foremost, we represent the manufacturers of plastic retail bags,” says Matt Seaholm, executive director of the American Progressive Bag Alliance, a group affiliated with the ...

RICHMOND, Va. — Richmond shoppers may soon pay extra for plastic bags at checkout. The Richmond City Council is scheduled to vote Tuesday on an ordinance that would impose a 5-cent tax on ...