Officials implement ban on common grocery store item that will force customers to rethink shopping habits

Officials implement ban on common grocery store item that will force customers to rethink shopping habits

Beaufort, South Carolina, is getting serious about single-use plastic waste. The city is going above and beyond tightening up a 2018 plastic bag ban with new rules to take on more types of plastic litter. The Island Packet reported on the expanded city rules that could make a major dent in the amount of waste that ends up in the local environment. First on the docket were stricter rules for bags. Stores went away from conventional plastic bags. …