Causescommons.wikimedia.org As India bans disposable plastic, Tamil Nadu offers lessons Tamil Nadu’s ban on single-use plastic has gotten results, thanks to relentless policing. Now, India says it will tackle the problem nationwide.
Impacts www.nytimes.com Get ready, New York: The plastic bag ban is starting A statewide law, which takes effect on Sunday, forbids businesses from providing the single-use bags that many shoppers rely on.
Solutions www.nytimes.com New York State moves to ban foam food containers The proposal by Gov. Andrew Cuomo would make New York the second state to approve a ban on containers made of polystyrene.
A controversial facility that would process plastic waste to be burned in steel mills has been cancelled
Multiple Houston-area oil and gas facilities that have violated pollution laws are seeking permit renewals
