Plastic bags are a good way to sow before the spring weather comes
Winter may be wheezing out its last gasps, but we're still a ways off from time to put most spring plants outdoors. Seeds can ...
That plastic bag you just threw away may end up in Indonesia
Alexander Clapp’s “Waste Wars” tells the story of how trash from wealthy countries began traveling across borders, aided by ...
WKXW3d
Plastic bag ban backfires in NJ, time for a repeal
Despite good intentions, New Jersey's single-use plastic bag ban has led to a surge in plastic consumption, contradicting its ...
Mother accused of placing newborn in plastic bag and leaving her in woods pleads guilty
Karima Jiwani entered a negotiated guilty plea on Feb. 13 to attempted murder and first-degree cruelty to children.
Plastic bag maker Poly-Pak Industries to lay off 146 workers in May
Poly-Pak Industries Inc., which has manufactured plastic bags at the company’s headquarters at 125 Spagnoli Rd. since the mid-1970s and has 177 employees, filed the Worker Adjustment and Retraining ...
Mother accused of tying ‘Baby India’ in plastic bag, leaving her in woods to die pleads guilty
Karima Jiwani, the mother accused of abandoning her newborn in the woods, tied up in a bag to die in June 2019, entered a negotiated guilty plea.
Montgomery County adopts plastic bag ban, doubles tax on paper bags
The new law, which goes into effect Jan. 1, will overhaul a 2012 county law on plastic and paper bag use. County officials ...