Julian Cañete serves as the president and CEO of the California Hispanic Chambers of Commerce. READ THE FULL COLUMN AT THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER In 2016, Californians voted to ban single-use plastic bags. This year, measures in the California State Senate and Assembly have been introduced to again ban plastic bags, but this time they will […]
FORBES: The Unintended Consequences of California’s War on Plastic Bags
The problem with policy is policy. This is easily forgotten by both Democrats and Republicans promising utopia via legislation. Think California’s policymaking in the area of plastic bags. The Golden State was the first one to ban “single use plastic bags” at grocery stores back in 2014. Customers subsequently had the “choice” of purchasing an […]
NBC (Pittsburgh-WPIX): Plastic bag ban may not mean less pollution, recent study says
Watch News Segment As Allegheny County considers a plastic bag ban, we wanted to dig deeper into a recent study. Researchers looked at the impact of New Jersey’s statewide ban, which started in 2022. They concluded that, while people used fewer bags, plastic consumption tripled. In February, national headlines read New Jersey’s plastic bag ban […]
Freedonia Report on New Jersey’s Failed Single-Use Bag Ban Garners Nationwide Traction
Freedonia Report on New Jersey’s Failed Single-Use Bag Ban Garners Nationwide Traction National publications — from The Wall Street Journal to Bloomberg — have provided commentary and reporting on the study’s findings. After Freedonia Custom Research (FCR) published its findings (1/9/24) that New Jersey’s single-use bag ban increased plastic consumption in the state, ensuing reporting […]
REPORT: New Jersey’s Single-Use Bag Ban Increases Plastic Consumption
Freedonia Report Finds New Jersey Single-Use Bag Ban Boosts Alternative Bag Production, Increases Plastic Consumption, and Drives Retailer Profits This shift from plastic film to alternative bags resulted in a nearly 3x increase in plastic consumption for bags, which is not widely recycled. Read the Full Report NEW JERSEY (January 9, 2024) – On Tuesday, […]
NPR: Are Plastic Bag Bans Garbage?
It was only about 40 years ago that plastic bags became standard at U.S. grocery stores. This also made them standard in sewers, landfills, rivers and the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. They clog drains and cause floods, litter landscapes and kill wildlife. The national movement to get rid of them is gaining steam — with more than 240 cities […]