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Retailers file last-minute lawsuit to stop Austin, Texas, plastic bag ban


February 27, 2013 10:36 pm ET

AUSTIN, TEXAS – A ban on single-use plastic bags in Austin is coming under fire from retailers before it can even go into effect.

US bag and film recycling surpasses 1 billion pounds


February 25, 2013 7:11 pm ET

WASHINGTON — In 2011, more than 1 billion pounds of post-consumer plastic bags and films were collected for recycling in the United States, according to a new report.

California appeals court rules in favor of 10-cent bag fee


February 25, 2013 7:46 pm ET

WASHINGTON -- The ban on plastic bags and the 10-cent fee for paper bags that came with it in the Los Angeles area is not considered a tax that requires voter approval, according to a ruling last week by a state appellate court.

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Plastic bag bans get mixed reviews in Brazil


February 18, 2013 1:46 pm ET

SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL -- It took less than a year for residents of São Paulo, the world's eighth most populous city, to squash a new state law eliminating free plastic grocery bags.

Despite tax, Maryland shoppers still using plastic bags


February 11, 2013 12:59 pm ET

WASHINGTON -- Maryland's largest county took in more revenue than expected in the first year of its shopping bag tax. While the numbers seem to indicate Montgomery County shoppers are not ready to give up their bags, county officials are holding off on any interpretation of the data for at least a few more months.

UK government says 'no' to bag tax… for now


February 7, 2013 10:59 am ET

LONDON -- The government has given a strong indication that it does not support a mandatory plastic bag tax, for now at least – a decision that will be warmly welcomed by the United Kingdom's plastics industry.

Leading bag executive in Mexico dead at 87


February 5, 2013 3:34 pm ET

MEXICO CITY -- Manuel Abascal Sainz, a leading figure in the Mexican plastics industry, died Jan. 30 at age 87.

Explosion strikes headquarters of Mexico's Pemex


February 1, 2013 1:30 pm ET

MEXICO CITY -- The president of Mexico's largest plastic bag-making organization said Friday he expects supplies of low density polyethylene from state oil company Petróleos Mexicanos to be unaffected by a massive explosion that killed several dozen people and injured 100 others at the company's headquarters in Mexico City.

California to consider banning plastic grocery bags, again


January 24, 2013 1:48 pm ET

SACRAMENTO, CALIF. -- California Assemblyman Marc Levine introduced a bill on Tuesday that would ban single-use plastic grocery bags throughout the state beginning in 2015.

Plastic bag fee goes into effect in Hawaii


January 21, 2013 1:47 pm ET

HILO, HAWAII -- A new law that will slowly ban plastic bags from the big island of Hawaii went into effect Jan. 17, according to the County of Hawaii Department of Environmental Management.

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