For ProAmpac, it’s a fourth acquisition growing its paper packaging business since the start of 2024. Meanwhile, ...
City council passed a bill requiring a 10-cent charge for paper bags, but it still has another hurdle to clear before ...
International Paper sold its bag-converting operations to Cincinnati, Ohio-based packaging manufacturer ProAmpac. ProAmpac, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
The bill, which passed 10-to-5 on Thursday after running into unexpected opposition, allows Philadelphia stores to charge 10 cents for paper bags.
And under a law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom last year, the thicker plastic bags were required to be phased out anyway at all ...
Councilmember Mark Squilla said a 10-cent charge for paper bags would promote more sustainable practices like reusable bags.