April 3, 2019 –
Do you know the facts about plastic bags? The Portsmouth Herald recently published an op-ed from a former state representative, who says that there is “an unbelievable amount of misinformation about single use plastic bags.”
More »April 1, 2019 –
In a 2018 life-cycle assessment, Denmark’s ministry of environment and food agreed with previous similar studies, finding that classic plastic shopping bags have the least environmental impact.
More »March 26, 2019 –
Many states and localities want to ban single-use plastic bags, but there’s nothing single use about them.
More »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.
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