California voters previously approved a statewide referendum upholding a ban on single-use carryout plastic bags in November 2016. Under Senate Bill 270, grocery stores had to start charging at least ...

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

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

California shoppers will once again have to leave plastic bags behind starting in 2026, as a new law closes a loophole that ...

California has entered a new phase of waste reduction as a statewide ban on all plastic shopping bags at grocery stores and ...

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

SB 1053 and AB 2236 were passed by the California legislature and signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom in 2024. It goes into effect tomorrow, Jan. 1, when grocery stores across the state may offer ...

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

Thicker bags have proliferated in the wake of the statewide ban on thin plastic bags took effect in 2021. Now, some cities ...

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

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

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