Authors of the new plastic waste report, echoing the first-year report, said after the plastic reduction law roughly 16.5 ...

When Oregon banned retailers and restaurants from giving out plastic, single-use checkout bags in 2019, environmental groups hailed it as a big step forward in the fight against plastic waste.

Customers now dump thicker and heavier 'reusable' carriers instead ... allowed grocery stores and large retailers to offer thicker, heavier-weight plastic bags for a dime each.

and a large paper bag with handles will be 14 cents. Prices on stronger, reusable bags range from around 50 cents to $5 depending on the bag style, according to the Naples commissary. A few miles ...