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Plastic Bags

UC Berkeley chemists discover new way to break down plastics

  • Aug 30, 2024

Program recycles plastic bags into composite decking, outdoor products

  • Aug 1, 2024

Plastic bags from Walmart recycling bins tracked Southeast Asia

  • Apr 24, 2024

New information on where your recycled plastic bags really end up

  • Apr 24, 2024

National plastic bag recycling directory site down after investigation

  • Dec 5, 2023

Evanston plastic bag ban takes effect Tuesday

  • Aug 1, 2023

What really happens to plastic bags returned to store for recycling?

  • May 23, 2023

Chicago woman turns plastic bags into sleeping mats for homeless

  • Feb 18, 2021

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Program recycles plastic bags into composite decking, outdoor products

  • Aug 1, 2024
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Evanston's plastic bag ban takes effect Tuesday

  • Aug 1, 2023
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US to ban sale of single-use plastic at national parks, on public lands by 2032

  • Jun 9, 2022
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Good Bottle Refill and Dry Goods Refillery makes living a sustainable lifestyle easier

  • Mar 12, 2021
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Hegewisch woman turns plastic bags into insulated sleeping mats for Chciago homeless

  • Feb 18, 2021
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Chicago's disposable bag tax takes effect Wednesday

  • Apr 16, 2017
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Chicago disposable bag tax begins Wednesday

  • Apr 14, 2017
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Chicago repeals plastic bag ban, starts 7-cent bag tax on Feb. 1

  • Mar 3, 2017

Latest Stories

Lego tells plastic bags to hit the bricks, will use paper instead per kids' requests

Lego tells plastic bags to hit the bricks!

  • Sep 16, 2020
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Customers petition to eliminate plastic, paper bags from Target stores

The petition is nearly at its goal of half-a-million signatures and the group will deliver it to Target headquarters before New Years Day.

  • Dec 29, 2019

Dead whale found with 40 kilograms of plastic bags in its stomach

A young whale whose carcass washed up in the Philippines died of "dehydration and starvation" after consuming 40 kilograms (88 pounds) of plastic bags, scientists have found.

  • Mar 18, 2019
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Whale dies in Thailand after eating more than 17 lbs of plastic

A short-fin male pilot whale has died in Southern Thailand after ingesting more than 17 lbs of plastic bags and packaging, a sobering casualty of the waste littering the world's oceans.

  • Jun 4, 2018
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Chicago disposable bag tax begins Wednesday

Bring a reusable bag to the store Wednesday to save some money while shopping in Chicago. A new disposable bag tax took effect Wednesday.

  • Feb 1, 2017