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 ...
Japanese inventor Akinori Ito has invented a device that will turn ordinary plastic shopping bags into gasoline, reports the website Clean Technica. Ito's device came from a simple idea: Plastic bags ...
Metro and local recycling agencies are asking people to throw away plastic bags because they jam sorting machines and delay work at recycling centers. Hillsboro Far West Recycling center pulls out ...
YORK, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--C-P Flexible Packaging (C-P) announces the expansion of its pre-made polyethylene bag manufacturing operations with the purchase of three new state-of-the-art converting ...
NORTH VERNON, IND. (May 24, 1:45 p.m. ET) — Phil Rozenski doesn't like bag bans. The director of marketing and sustainability at Hilex Poly Co. LLC travels the country trying to educate the public ...
–American shoppers use an estimated 102 billion plastic shopping bags each year — more than 500 per consumer. Named by Guinness World Records as “the most ubiquitous consumer item in the world,” the ...
CHARLOTTE, N.C., Sept. 16, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Sealed Air Corporation (NYSE: SEE), a global leader in protective packaging, is advancing its strategy as a one-stop shop for fulfillment operations ...
A Japanese inventor has created a machine suitable for home use that can turn plastic waste into fuel, a technological feat that could give us something to do with all the grocery sacks piling up ...