Why we need to strengthen Oregon's plastic bag ban

In 2019, the Oregon legislature passed a ban on single-use plastic grocery bags, which went into effect on January 1, 2020. The ban applies to ...

NEW REPORT: Analysis finds bag bans effective at reducing plastic ...

Plastic Bag Bans Work, a new report released Thursday by Environment Oregon Research & Policy Center, OSPIRG Foundation and Frontier Group, ...

Bag bans are reducing billions of single-use plastic bags

(EPA) announced two new rules to strengthen the regulation of ... We've made great progress banning single-use plastic bags in Oregon.

So we ban plastic bags, but now we're using different ones ... - Reddit

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Three (Unexpected) Reasons to Support Oregon's Plastic Bag Ban

And the studies I've seen find reusables superior to both paper and plastic. So Oregon's proposed law wouldn't simply encourage a switch from ...

Oregon adopted the single-use plastic bag ban largely to reduce costly plastic pollution and waste, but also for safety. Consumers' options for recycling ...

What's Up with the Bag Ban? State Releases Updated Guidance on ...

Reusable bags are STILL SAFE in the time of COVID. · Grocery stores and restaurants are required to follow Oregon's Single-Use Plastic Bag Ban.

Single-Use Bag Ban : Production and Design - Oregon.gov

Bags sold in a package for uses such as food storage, garbage or pet waste. Retail stores may provide recycled paper checkout bags or reusable plastic checkout ...

What To Expect From Oregon's Bag Ban

The evidence seems to suggest the bag ban will not end single-use plastic ... have an impact on how much plastic shoppers in Oregon use.

Plastic bag bans in the US reduced plastic bag use by billions, study ...

Plastic bag bans encourage reusable bag use and raise public awareness about plastic pollution. · Phasing out bags requires caution, as bans can ...

Tips and Tools For Oregon's New Bag Ban

In 2020 Oregonians stand to reduce our plastic bag consumption by over 1 BILLION single-use checkout bags thanks to Oregon's new bag ban (HB 2509).

Portland needs to expand the plastic bag ban - oregonlive.com

Closer to home, plastic bags continue to litter Portland's streets and clog our storm drains, imposing significant cleanup costs on local ...

SB536_Plastic_Bag_Ban - Oregon Public Health Association

Senate Bill 536 would ban single-use plastic bags from being distributed at retail stores and impose a $.05 charge per paper bag given at stores; the paper bags ...

Getting Oregon's plastic bag ban back on track | kgw.com

OREGON, USA — Oregon's ban on plastic bags took effect at the start of 2020, it bans the use of single-use plastic bags at stores and ...

Oregon's Plastic Bag Ban Starts Jan. 1. Here's What You Need to ...

A statewide plastic bag ban, effective January 1, should help beat back the suffocating omnipresence of single-use sacks. Oregon joins the ranks ...

Oregon passes single-use plastic law - Waste Today

The plastics industry wants to keep plastic out of the environment and in the economy; we are committed to eliminating waste, but a ban like ...

State Plastic Bag Legislation

Reducing bag use can mitigate harmful impacts to oceans, rivers, lakes, forests and the wildlife that inhabit them. It can also relieve pressure ...

Opinion: Where has Oregon's plastic-bag ban gone? - oregonlive.com

If there is, in fact, a shortage of paper bags in Oregon, we should be working with grocery stores to encourage reusable bags and other customer ...

Plastic bag ban and paper bag fee | Portland.gov

Do businesses need to keep track of fees collected? ... For grocery stores, yes, there is a reporting requirement mandated by the State of Oregon that involves ...

We need to ban plastic bags in restaurants and shops - PIRG

With the momentum of the win against plastic grocery bags, we will work to expand this ban to include restaurants and retail stores in cities ...