Councilmember Mark Squilla said a 10-cent charge for paper bags would promote more sustainable practices like reusable bags.

Paper bags could soon come with a price tag in Philly. Why it matters: Forgetting your reusable bag at home might cost you.

For ProAmpac, it’s a fourth acquisition growing its paper packaging business since the start of 2024. Meanwhile, ...

International Paper sold its bag-converting operations to Cincinnati, Ohio-based packaging manufacturer ProAmpac. ProAmpac, ...

Philadelphia lawmakers are for the third time trying to pass legislation requiring that stores charge customers a fee for ...

A 2023 study released by researchers at the University of Pittsburgh and Swarthmore College showed that the percentage of ...

The fee is meant to encourage Philadelphians to bring their own bags. Parker’s administration worries it could hurt ...

We use a massive five trillion plastic bags every year, and they’re in the top five of all plastic products found in the natural environment. However, paper doesn’t fare any better, with many studies ...

Ian Robson, CEO of American Paper Bag in the Hanover Industrial Estates, holds a bag his company manufactured for Gopuff, a Philadelphia-based deliverer of food and other consumer goods that operates ...

And under a law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom last year, the thicker plastic bags were required to be phased out anyway at all ...