The York Dispatch

From plastic to concrete, new recycling facility opens in York County

A company that turns all types of plastic into material for concrete has opened a state-of-the-art recycling facility in York County. The facility, located in the 300 block of Eberts Lane in York City ...
Los Angeles Times

Plastic bag bans seem to work, at least when it comes to shoreline pollution

Researchers find that nationwide policies to ban plastic bags may be paying off, with fewer showing up during coastal cleanups. Ever since their invention in 1959, plastic bags have become synonymous ...
NPR

California’s first plastic bag ban made things worse. Now it’s trying again

Ten years after California approved a plastic bag ban that’s been blamed for making its plastic bag problem worse, the state is banning single-use plastic grocery bags entirely. In 2014, California ...
ABC 7 Chicago

Does plastic bag recycling from stores like Target, Walmart work or still end up in a landfill?

CHICAGO (WLS) -- You may take the extra time to recycle plastic shopping bags by bringing them to a retailer's plastic bag recycling bin. For months, the I-Team and ABC news tracked plastic bags that ...
CNN

Here’s how many times you need to reuse your reusable grocery bags

Campaigners say these bag hoards are creating fresh environmental problems, with reusable bags having a much higher carbon footprint than thin plastic bags. According to one eye-popping estimate, a ...
WGAL

Pennsylvania lawmaker to introduce bill banning single-use plastic bags statewide

A BAN ON BAGS RIGHT NOW IN HARRISBURG. A STATE SENATOR IS PUSHING TO OUTLAW SINGLE USE PLASTIC BAGS AT RETAIL STORES ACROSS THE ENTIRE COMMONWEALTH. NEWS EIGHT’S MICHAEL FULLER IS HERE. WITH HOW THIS ...