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, […]
RELEASE: AMERICA’S PLASTIC RETAIL BAG MANUFACTURERS AHEAD OF SCHEDULE ON INDUSTRY-WIDE SUSTAINABILITY GOALS
AMERICA’S PLASTIC RETAIL BAG MANUFACTURERS AHEAD OF SCHEDULE ON INDUSTRY-WIDE SUSTAINABILITY GOALS Nationwide, American-made plastic retail bags now contain higher levels of recycled material as the industry increases focus on consumer education to improve recycling The American Recyclable Plastic Bag Alliance (ARPBA) today announced that U.S. plastic retail bag manufacturers surpassed their 2021 goal of […]
Zachary Taylor joins WATR to discuss how to recycle plastic bags and films from holiday online shopping
This holiday season, Americans are shopping online more than ever. According to Salesforce.com, nearly one-third of 2020 holiday shopping will occur online. In addition, consumers are increasingly utilizing curbside pickup services for shopping, which means that reusable bags often cannot be used, and consumers take their purchases home in single-use plastic or paper bags. This all […]
ARPBA’s Matt Seaholm joins Morano in the Morning on WABC to discuss New York’s bag ban and the misinformation about 100% recyclable plastic retail bags
On August 28, 2020, Matt Seaholm, former executive director of the American Recyclable Plastic Bag Alliance, joined Frank Morano on WABC’s Morano in the Morning to discuss the status of New York’s plastic bag ban. Seaholm reiterated that the New York’s plastic bag ban is broken and needs fixed, and if it goes into effect […]