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Bag Bans and Mandatory Recycling: Big Wins for Zero Waste in Alameda County!

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Bag Bans and Mandatory Recycling: Big Wins for Zero Waste in Alameda County!
On Wednesday night, the Alameda County Waste Management Authority adopted two major Zero Waste ordinances that we are thrilled to announce. The first ordinance requires that larger businesses and multi-family properties recycle. The second prohibits the free distribution of single-use plastic bags at stores that sell packaged food. Read Stopwaste.org’s news release for more details:… Read more »

Berkeley Getting Ready to Ban Plastic Bags

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Berkeley Getting Ready to Ban Plastic Bags
Berkeley has been poised to ban disposable, single-use plastic bags for a few years now. But the plastics industry has beaten back similar measures in other cities, tying the efforts up in costly lawsuits. And then the plastics industry lobbied hard to kill a statewide bill to ban plastic bags. This time, Berkeley is ready… Read more »