Investigating the 61-pound machine that eats plastic and spits out bricks

By bricking your plastic, the company claims it’ll no longer jam recycling equipment the way individual plastic bags often do ...
WIS TV

Improperly recycled plastic bags jam up sorting machines

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - Supporters of single-use plastic bag bans implemented or being discussed across South Carolina believe limiting plastics would decrease litter and waste. However, reducing ...
Yahoo

California says 4 plastic bag makers will stop sales in state in recycling settlement

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A machine removes a plastic bag from a conveyor belt in 2024 at Recycle Central in San Francisco. The state says plastic bags are ...
The New York Times

Plastic Bag Makers to Pay California $1.7 Million for False Recycling Claims

The state also announced it was suing three other companies that it said illegally marketed their plastic bags as being recyclable when they were not. By Neil Vigdor California is expected to receive ...
Los Angeles Times

California’s plastic bag ban is failing. Here’s why

Does California have a ban on plastic bags? The goals of Senate Bill 270, the so-called plastic bag ban, spoke to the “three Rs” of waste reduction: Reduce the number of plastic bags Californians use, ...