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.
More »March 18, 2020 –
The environmental cost of alternatives to plastic grocery bags should cause policymakers to resist further bans on them and to reconsider existing bans. More so, the spread of coronavirus and other bacteria demands the repeal of the bans on plastic grocery bags.
More »March 18, 2020 –
Before the novel coronavirus pandemic hit, warnings about potential public health consequences of banning single-use plastics in the name of environmental protection fell on deaf ears. But now people are wisely calling on lawmakers in New York, California, and other states and localities to reverse bans and regulations on single-use plastic grocery bags. Reusable bags can contribute to the spread of COVID-19 and other pathogens.
More »March 18, 2020 –
According to a recent opinion piece, Albuquerque City Councilor Pat Davis’s recent comments on expanding the city’s ban on plastic bags were “out of touch, especially in this time of coronavirus.”
More »March 17, 2020 –
Grocery store employees are on the front lines in the fight against the spread of the coronavirus. But these critical workers shouldn’t be forced to handle reusable shopping bags that scientific researchers have found can act as Petri dishes for bacteria and carriers of harmful pathogens.
More »March 17, 2020 –
Like other states, Washington is taking extraordinary measures to reduce the spread of coronavirus. The governor can do one simple thing to reduce a source of potential spread: veto the ban on plastic bags.
More »March 16, 2020 –
“Politicians have ignored facts about spreading bacteria and disease with reusable bags for political purposes: America wants our leaders to be ‘green.’ But now with coronavirus, my fears have come home to roost.”
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