12.20.2017 Business Suffolk County bag law takes effect Jan. 1 It’s not the outright ban on plastic bags that some officials had sought in the past, but come Jan. 1, a bill that Suffolk County passed in 2016 will...
09.08.2016 Business Shoppers, lawmakers offer mixed bag of opinions on 5-cent charge A new Suffolk County law requiring retailers to charge 5 cents for each paper or plastic bag they provide to shoppers has local residents and lawmakers offering up a...
05.20.2016 Editorials Editorial: It’s time for a ban on plastic bags in Suffolk Suffolk County legislators were considering pulling the trigger on a single-use plastic bag ban. But then, at a May 5 meeting in Riverhead, they stepped back to reload.
05.05.2016 News Suffolk lawmakers delay taking action on plastic bag ban — again Suffolk County residents hopeful for a decision regarding a proposed ban on single-use plastic bags at retail stores across the county will have to keep waiting.
04.12.2016 Columns Suffolk Closeup: Legislature moves to ban the bag There could soon be a vote by the Suffolk County Legislature on a bill to ban the distribution of single-use plastic bags county-wide.
03.02.2016 Government Suffolk County may ban single-use plastic bags The debate over whether Riverhead and Southold towns should ban single-use plastic bags may soon be over.
10.15.2015 Editorials Editorial: Suffolk County needs to discuss plastic bag ban In the years since the Suffolk County Legislature last discussed, then dropped, the idea of banning single-use plastic bags, here are some things legislators have chosen to take action...
10.15.2015 Health & Environment As towns defer to county, a plastic bag ban seems unlikely Will recent bans on single-use plastic bag in Southampton and East Hampton towns inspire more local municipalities — including those on the North Fork — to follow suit? Probably...
