Susan Freinkel, author of Plastic: A Toxic Love Story, says it took a while for plastic bags to enter our everyday lives. In the 1950s, there was panic about how the bags suffocated children.

They contain no plastic or microplastic materials and have Biodegradable Products Institute certification, the U.S. gold standard. Certainly, not all compostable bags are created equal.

Federal data show that in 2019, 15.5 billion plastic grocery bags, 4.5 billion pieces of plastic cutlery, 5.8 billion straws, three billion stir sticks, 183 million six-pack rings and 805 million ...

Due to the plastic bag ban, the retailer now packs his items in reusable bags — new ones for each order. Grant estimates he has acquired about 300 over the past six months.

Plastic bag bans and fees are growing in popularity. More than 100 countries regulate the bags, and 175 countries are in talks to create the first-ever global plastics treaty, according to the study.

Between 2023 and 2032, the agency is anticipating that the measures will cut plastic pollution by around 22,000 tonnes, which is equivalent to at least one million garbage bags full of litter.

The new rules cover single-use plastic checkout bags, cutlery, straws, stir sticks and certain hard-to-recycle food containers You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if ...

Canadians use about 15 billion plastic grocery bags annually. But since the federal government announced a ban on the sale of single-use plastics like cutlery, straws and checkout grocery bags, ...

Ten years ago, the way Britons carried groceries home changed forever with the introduction of the plastic bag charge - then set at a relatively paltry five pence. The measure, which mandated a charge ...

OTTAWA - It’s the end of days for plastic grocery bags and Styrofoam takeout containers in Canada. Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault published draft regulations Tuesday outlining how Canada ...

The bags are currently being phased out and we expect its completion by the end of 2022." "This is an action that will prevent the annual circulation of more than 330-million plastic bags".