After more than a decade of negotiations and failed efforts to reduce the use of plastics, Illinois lawmakers are considering legislation that would prohibit large retailers from offering single-use ...

The state’s top environmental lawmakers are hoping to finally pass a bill during the lame duck session that would ban, or curtail, the use of plastic bags, Styrofoam and plastic straws in the state.

DENVER (KDVR) — At the beginning of the year, a new law aimed at reducing environmental waste goes into effect. Colorado is banning plastic bags and Styrofoam containers starting Jan. 1, 2024. A ...

Lawmakers are quickly reviving the debate over whether to ban Styrofoam, and paper and plastic bags weeks after the controversial proposal died in the state Legislature. Senate Bill 864 would phase in ...

(The Center Square) – If you can’t finish your meal at a Colorado restaurant in 2024, a law passed in 2021 will keep you from taking your leftovers home in a Styrofoam container and plastic bag.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The thicker version of the plastic bags allowed in the current ordinance have appeared in area waterways. For years, the most ...

PORTLAND, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- Portland has become the first community in Maine to impose a surcharge on disposable bags and one of the first in New England to regulate both bags and polystyrene ...