plastic bags ban

Appeals Court Blocks Coral Gables' Styrofoam Ban

By • Aug 14, 2019
AP

Siding with the Florida Retail Federation and upholding the constitutionality of state laws, an appeals court Wednesday rejected a 2016 move by the city of Coral Gables to ban the use of Styrofoam food containers.

A three-judge panel of the 3rd District Court of Appeal overturned a ruling by a Miami-Dade County circuit judge who found three state laws unconstitutional and determined Coral Gables was not prevented from enacting the Styrofoam ban.

Are Plastic Bag Bans Garbage?

By editor • Apr 9, 2019

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Stomach Of Dead Whale Contained 'Nothing But Nonstop Plastic'

By editor • Mar 18, 2019

Updated at 5:44 p.m. ET

Darrell Blatchley received a call from the Philippines' Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources early Friday morning reporting that it had a young Cuvier's beaked whale that was weak and vomiting blood.

Within a few hours it was dead.

Blatchley, a marine biologist and environmentalist based in the Philippine city of Davao, gathered his team to drive two hours to where the whale had washed up.

Debate Continues Over Local Plastic Bans Across Florida

By , & • Mar 6, 2019
RAJANISH KAKADE / AP VIA MIAMI HERALD

From toothbrushes, to water bottles, to straws, plastics are a part of everyday life. And yet the damage they cause to oceans and wildlife is well established. 

Delray Beach Is Latest South Florida City To Vote On Plastic Straw Ban

By • Feb 5, 2019
MARCO VERCH / FLICKR COMMONS

Delray Beach commissioners voted Tuesday to ban single-use plastic straws in restaurants by mid-2020.

The city is the first in Palm Beach County to pass this kind of ordinance.

Competing bills that concern regulating plastic straws and bags have also reached the state Legislature.

Can I Get A Sustainable Spork? Campaign Kicks Off To Eliminate Single-Use Plastics In Greater Miami

By Kate Stein • Jan 10, 2018
Rajanish Kakade / AP via Miami Herald

By 2050, the world’s oceans are on track to contain more plastic than fish, by weight.

Where using plastic bags can land you a $38,000 fine

By The World staff • Aug 28, 2017
R
Siegfried Modola/Reuters

Discarded plastic bags are a scourge in many places across the globe. But the situation is particularly bad in Kenya. Plastic bags hang from trees and clog waterways. And in Kibera, a slum on the edge of Nairobi, there are entire hills made of them.

Florida Coastal Communities Could Soon Ban Plastic Bags

By • Mar 23, 2017

A Florida Senate committee has advanced a bill that gives certain Florida coastal communities the power to temporarily ban or regulate the use of plastic bags.

The Committee on Environmental Preservation and Conservation gave the measure its first-round approval on Wednesday, gifting a small victory to those who have fought for similar legislation to pass since 2013.