It was seven years ago that the first bag legislation was introduced. We’ve seen a lot of change over seven years. 2012 was a busy year for local bag ordinances; both in California and around the world. Here are some stats for California: 20 new bag ordinances adopted in 2012, covering 41 cities and counties […]
Categories: Bag Legislation, California, Colorado, Hawaii, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Texas, Washington, Year in Review | Read More |
There seems to be a new single-use bag ban or ordinance every day, increasing the number of cities that have adopted single use bag bans this year to 42, and the total number of single use bag bans in the U.S. to 79 – nearly two-thirds of them in California. In addition, Los Angeles – […]
Categories: California, Illinois, Maryland, Oregon, Texas, Washington | Read More |
Austin, Texas has become the latest large American city to adopt a ban on certain types of plastic and paper bags—a ban that is one of the broadest of its kind in the country. After years of back-and-forth between the two sides of the argument, Austin’s City Council unanimously passed the ordinance on March 1st […]