Biodegradable plastic bags and garbage bags are available at major retailers. Today, biodegradable materials are easily accessible. You can order your biodegradable bags online or buy them in-store.

But a regular black garbage bag would have to wait until 8 at night, and that concerns some businesses. “We close at 6 p.m.," Bruce Eder, manager of Westsider Records on the Upper West Side, said.

“It virtually cut waste in half,” Rob Firlotte, Plympton’s highway superintendent, said of the results. In 2022, before the ...

The initiative comes in response to residents’ calls for more bins on sidewalks. It’s Worcester’s latest attempt to address a longstanding problem.. Worcester doesn’t give residents garbage bins.