About 100 billion plastic bags are consumed in the U.S. annually, and 12 percent are recycled, said Phil Rozenski, senior director of sustainability for plastic and paper packaging manufacturer ...

Gift bags • Raleigh Curbside Recycling: Yes. Ribbon and other non-paper handles must be removed. Glittery gift bags must be trashed. • Wake County Convenience Centers: Yes.

Plastic bags are recyclable just like paper bags, but neither of those things has a complete cycle. Both of these things are downgraded. Plastic bags don’t get recycled into more plastic bags as you’d ...

Aim should be to recycle, not ban, plastic bags Re “Legislature should ban the flimsy bag” (Editorial, Nov. 1):I strongly disagree with the editorial calling on the state Legislature to ban ...

It takes a paper bag about a month to decompose; it takes as long as 20 years for a plastic bag to do the same. But the process of making paper bags can be as destructive as the process of making ...

Cities and towns across Massachusetts started banning plastic bags around 2015, and environmental organizations won’t be happy until residents in all 351 are lugging home groceries in paper o… ...

Lawmakers, environmental groups push for statewide plastic bag ban in grocery stores The legislation would require stores to provide 100 percent recycled paper bags or let consumers use reusable bags.