April 4, 2020 –
The Albuquerque Journal editorial board published an article praising the temporary lift on the single-use plastic bag ban.
More »April 3, 2020 –
A local grocery store employee recently wrote a letter to the editor urging the public to refrain from using reusable bags during the pandemic.
More »April 1, 2020 –
InsideSources recently published a guest column urging elected officials to “end the war on plastics.”
More »March 26, 2020 –
The Colorado Springs Gazette editorial board recently published an article calling for an end to the “war on plastic.”
More »March 24, 2020 –
It is imperative that employers and regulators do everything possible to protect grocery store employees while they are providing the crucial service of keeping the public fed. That includes banning reusable bags, which have been demonstrated to harbor bacteria, contagions and viruses — particularly if people do not wash them between uses, as research has shown that all but 3% of shoppers do not.
More »March 22, 2020 –
As we combat the coronavirus pandemic it’s important for Americans to note that many environmental initiatives that purport to “save the planet” not only restrict consumer choice and hurt the business sector— it also puts the public safety at risk.
More »March 22, 2020 –
A bit of good news for New Hampshire consumers could be found deep within the reporting on the coronavirus contagion. Grocery stores are urging shoppers to use the plastic bags that the stores provide, as opposed to the reusable cloth bags that some environmental overseers want to mandate.
More »March 20, 2020 –
According to a recent opinion piece, plastic bag bans “do nothing to ‘help the environment’ or ‘protect the planet.'”
More »March 20, 2020 –
Forcing people to carry reusable food and beverage containers in public could accelerate the spread of microbes that cause infectious diseases, multiple academic studies suggest, the Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy shows in a new policy briefing paper.
More »March 18, 2020 –
The ban on plastic shopping bags is back-firing due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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