Local governments are currently forbidden from banning, limiting or taxing the use or sale of plastic bags, bottles and more.

The bill would restrict single-use plastics at restaurants, stores and hotels. It would ban thicker plastic bags and require single-use utensils and condiments be provided only by request.

Six years after Maine banned plastic retail bags, the Legislature is consider a slew of bills to strengthen the law, or ...

particularly those black plastic bags blocked drains. I proposed that we ban the use of plastic bags and containers. I was told then that certain businesses had large quantities of these plastic ...

Since the Oregon Legislature voted to ban single-use plastic grocery bags and limit plastic straws in 2019, most Oregonians have grown used to bringing their own bags to the store and asking for ...