Albertsons Companies Joins Beyond the Bag Initiative
Albertsons Companies today announced that it has joined the Beyond the Bag Initiative, its latest step to contributing to efforts to reduce plastic waste. …
Plastic Bags
Plastic Bags Banned in N.J. as Murphy Signs New Law
Gov. Phil Murphy on Wednesday signed a new law banning businesses from handing out single-use plastic bags, polystyrene food containers, plastic straws and paper bags in New Jersey. The measure, which was passed by state lawmakers in September, is seen as the strictest stance against single-use plastics in the nation. …
Price Chopper/Market 32 to No Longer Offer Single Use Plastic Bags
The company announced they would no longer carry disposable, singly-use plastic bags in New York stores, citing concerns about the environment. …
Sobeys First Canadian Grocer to Eliminate Plastic Bags
Sobeys Inc. announced today that it will remove plastic grocery bags from all Sobeys grocery stores by the end of January 2020. The change will take 225 million plastic grocery bags out of circulation at Sobeys’ 255 locations across Canada each year. …
Big Y Eliminates Plastic Bags at Checkouts Across All Locations on August 1, 2019
Big Y Foods, Inc. announced today that it will eliminate single-use plastic bags at the checkouts from its more than 80 supermarket and specialty store locations in Massachusetts and Connecticut on August 1, 2019. The grocer will offer discounts on reusable bags through the month of August as customers transition away from plastic. …