State Agencies Undercut Their Own Study on Effects of Single-Use Plastic Bag Ban

Lawmakers revisit WA’s plastic bag restrictions

Washington shoppers will pay 4 cents more per plastic grocery bag starting in January. But the bags themselves won’t get any thicker for at least another two years as lawmakers fine-tune the state’s single-use plastic bag restrictions.

State agencies undercut their own study on effects of single-use plastic bag ban

(The Center Square) – A recommendation from two Washington State University economists that the state end its ban on thinner, single-use plastic bags because the law is doing more harm than good isn’t sitting well with the Department of Commerce…

State agencies undercut their own study on effects of single-use plastic bag ban - Everett Post

(The Center Square) – A recommendation from two Washington State University economists that the state end its ban on thinner, single-use plastic bags because the law is doing more harm than good isn’t sitting well with the Department of Commerce and Department of Ecology, which commissioned the study. WSU professors Eric Jessup and Jake Wagner concluded in a study released last week that the plastic ban isn’t working as intended, as thin plastic…

WSU Study Says Plastic Bag Ban Increases Waste

PULLMAN — Washington’s single-use plastic bag ban, implemented in October 2021, has reduced the number of bags distributed statewide but has also led to an overall increase in plastic use by weight, according to a new report submitted to the…