Walmart will eliminate single-use paper and plastic carryout bags at the register from stores in New York, Connecticut and Colorado this month.
The company previously stopped giving out single-use plastic bags in New York and Connecticut and in some areas in Colorado. Walmart offers reusable shopping bags starting at 74 cents for customers without their own bags.
"There are reusable alternatives," she said."It gets people focused on the need to reduce plastics. It's also not hard." The US plastic industry's impact on climate change is on track to exceed that of coal-fired power in this country by 2030, the organization projects. National News Think those bags are recyclable? California says think again Imperfect solutions As the environmental toll of plastic bags began to be scrutinized, cities and counties began banning them.Plastic-bag bans reduce the number of these bags in stores and encourage customers to bring reusable bags or pay a small fee for paper bags.
A report produced for the United Nations Environmental Programme in 2020 found a thick and durable bag must be used for an estimated 10 to 20 times compared to one single use plastic bag.
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