Massachusetts to ban state agencies from purchasing single-use plastic bottles, Healey announces

Source: https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/09/18/science/massachusetts-ban-state-agencies-purchasing-single-use-plastic-bottles-healey-announces/?p1=HP_TrendingBar

Author: Sabrina Shankman

In a typical year, Massachusetts’ state agencies buy roughly 100,000 plastic bottles — water, sodas, you name it. Like other plastic items, these bottles are made from fossil fuels and create climate-warming emissions both when they are manufactured and as they degrade. Citing the climate damage they cause, Governor Maura Healey said she has ordered a government-wide ban, preventing state agencies from buying single-use plastic bottles. Massachusetts is the first state in the country to take that step.