March 25, 2019 –
Plastic bag bans can have numerous unintended consequences. The Portsmouth Herald recently published a letter to the editor detailing some of the burdensome complications of banning plastic bags.
More »March 18, 2019 –
This week, the New Hampshire House of Representatives passed House Bill 560, which seeks to ban the use of thin plastic carryout bags.
More »March 14, 2019 –
Governments are increasingly banning the use of plastic products, such as carryout bags, straws, utensils and microbeads. However, these policies fall short if people actually reuse those items instead of buying new ones.
More »March 6, 2019 –
Regulating plastic bags may sound like a good solution, but the alternatives aren’t necessarily better for the environment.
More »February 24, 2019 –
For the third time in four years, legislators introduced bills to ban single-use plastics in New Hampshire. Such legislation would unduly burden consumers and businesses while doing little to advance advocates’ environmental goals.
More »February 17, 2019 –
Plastic bags have a bad reputation, but banning them could have some surprising negative effects.
More »February 6, 2019 –
While proponents of plastic product bans and taxes may have good intentions, the reality is that these measures do not have the impact that their supporters were promised.
More »February 6, 2019 –
New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo is hoping to ban plastic bags on a state level, but a ban would have serious adverse impacts on small businesses and their employees, as well as on consumers and the environment.
More »February 1, 2019 –
An anti-plastics craze has swept the country and the globe, prompting lawmakers to propose and impose bans on various plastic products. Is this the right move for the environment?
More »January 20, 2019 –
What will happen if we no longer have plastic bags available? The alternative isn’t necessarily better.
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