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May 22, 2023. August 1, 2023. Ban on single-use plastic bags in all retail stores with at least 10,000 square feet, except for produce bags made of compostable plastic; $0.10 tax on remaining bag types at large retail stores, with some exceptions.
Washington also passed a polystyrene ban, effective starting in June 2023, with food serviceware prohibited starting June 1, 2024. [85] In 2023, Delaware, Oregon and Rhode Island all signed bans into law, with provisions set to take effect in each state in 2025. [86] [87] [88] Washington, D.C. banned polystyrene foam takeout containers on ...
Under the previous ban, SB 270, enacted July 1, 2015, grocery stores, retail stores with a pharmacy, convenience stores, food marts and liquor stores could use only reusable plastic bags made with ...
Plastic bans are laws that prohibit the use of polymers manufactured from petroleum or other fossil fuels, given the pollution and threat to biodiversity that they cause.A growing number of countries have instituted plastic bag bans, and a ban on single-use plastic (such as throw-away forks or plates), and are looking to spread bans to all plastic packaging, plastic clothing (such as polyester ...
Sep. 18—As the owner of three businesses in Madrid, Hugh Hackett has prepared for what he described as a "speed bump in the retail road," swapping plastic bags for paper ones. A Santa Fe County ...
FOX 11 Digital Team. August 29, 2024 at 11:45 PM. LOS ANGELES - California 's checkout lines may soon move on from the plastic grocery bags. This comes as California lawmakers passed Senate Bill ...
An "incident" of chemical food contamination may be defined as an episodic occurrence of adverse health effects in humans (or animals that might be consumed by humans) following high exposure to particular chemicals, or instances where episodically high concentrations of chemical hazards were detected in the food chain and traced back to a particular event.
Consumer Reports recently tested 85 grocery and fast-food items for plastic chemicals that have been linked to health issues in humans. The nonprofit watchdog organization ended up discovering the ...