The new law also includes future requirements for paper bags. By 2028, paper bags offered at checkout must be made from at ...

Shoppers now pay 12 cents per plastic carryout bag under a new law aimed at reducing single-use plastics, after a new fee ...

California shoppers are adjusting to a new reality at checkout counters across the state as plastic bags have been officially ...

Plastic bags are not biodegradable and pose a huge problem for the environment, the marine ecosystem in particular. These ...

After a yearslong commitment to phase out single use plastic bags from its stores by 2025, here's where Kroger stands.

Two weeks after the state increased the fee for reusable plastic bags, lawmakers are considering competing legislation that ...

California’s revised carryout bag law, which took effect January 1, eliminates the exemption that allowed thicker plastic ...

A statewide ban on single-use plastic bags at checkouts in grocery stores took effect Jan. 1. The bill, SB 1053 authored by state Sen. Catherine Blakespear, bolsters existing state law that allowed ...

California became the first state in the nation to ban single-use plastic bags in 2014. The ban went to California residents ...

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Senate Bill 1053, authored by state Sen. Catherine Blakespear, bans plastic bags from being offered at checkout at grocery stores.