September 11, 2012 – The Herald News –
Gov. Pat Quinn gave 13-year-old Abby Goldberg, of Grayslake, a victory in her impressive campaign against the use of plastic bags. Abby, welcome to the wacky world of Illinois legislation where imperfect but useful laws are jettisoned in favor of supposedly perfect ones that never come to pass.
More »September 6, 2012 – Plastics Technology –
This year, leading film processor and bagmaker Hilex company reprocessed 25 million lb of post-consumer material in its Bag2Bag recycling program.
More »September 5, 2012 – Santa Cruz Sentinel –
I would be lost without the use of plastic bags.
More »September 3, 2012 – In the hopper –
It’s a fact: Plastic shopping bags are greener than paper bags. It’s because they have less impact on the environment. But say that to checkout clerks — or almost anyone else — and they will likely think that you meant to say paper but misspoke, or that you are misinformed, or something worse.
More »August 26, 2012 – Chicago Sun-Times –
Governor Quinn’s veto of the Plastic Bag and Film Recycling Act should not prevent Illinois from adopting common-sense recycling goals. Expanded recycling, that includes plastic bags, promotes American manufacturing and ensures that 90% of consumers can continue taking their purchases home in the bags they choose. It’s not too late to make Illinois a leader in statewide recycling.
More »August 24, 2012 – The State Journal-Register –
Several weeks ago, a bipartisan statewide recycling bill, Senate Bill 3442, landed on Gov. Pat Quinn’s desk after approval from two-thirds of the General Assembly. The overwhelming support was a result of a lot of hard work, bringing together manufacturers, retailers and cities to formulate a bill that both protects jobs and the environment.
More »August 23, 2012 – Americans for Tax Reform –
Yesterday Patrick Gleason, Director of State Affairs at ATR, had a piece published in the National Review explaining a new study recently conducted by the Beacon Hill Institute that examines the economic damage done by D.C.’s bag tax since its implementation two years ago.
More »August 21, 2012 – The Orange County Register –
Irvine may be the next Orange County city to use plastic grocery bags as a scapegoat for local environmental concerns. City leaders are weighing whether to follow the lead of Laguna Beach and Huntington Beach in imposing such an invasive and overreaching policy decree as a bag ban.
More »August 15, 2012 – KXAN.com –
A report from the National Center for Policy Analysis says a study done in communities that have banned the use of plastic shopping bags results in shoppers going to areas that do not have such a ban — affecting revenues and employment.
More »August 1, 2012 – Plastics News –
With bag taxes and bans popping up so many place, it begs the question: is there a real environmental benefit to bag legislation? Todd Myers — environmental director of the free-market focused Washington Policy Center and author of “Eco-Fads: How the Rise of Trendy Environmentalism is Harming the Environment,” recently wrote that bans “may actually be a net negative for the environment…”
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