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

Grocery stores may offer recycled paper bags at checkout, or consumers can use their own bags to carry out purchases.

California shoppers will have one less decision to make at the checkout counter starting Jan. 1, as the state enacts a ban on ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Among plastics, perhaps no item is as villainized as grocery bags ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- You may take the extra time to recycle plastic shopping bags by bringing them to a retailer's plastic bag recycling bin. For months, the I-Team and ABC news tracked plastic bags that ...

Even if you make every effort to use a reusable grocery bag, we will all inevitably shop without it at least once — and take home a plastic shopping bag along with our wares. These things add up ...

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 ...

Every year, around 500 billion plastic grocery bags are used worldwide. And an estimated 10 million tons of plastic are discarded in the ocean yearly. To help combat this waste, several American ...

SB 1053 and AB 2236 were passed by the California legislature and signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom in 2024. It goes into ...

According to a United Nations paper and media reports analyzed by Statista, 91 countries and territories in the world have passed some sort of full or partial ban on plastic bags. While plastic bag ...

California is closing a major loophole in its plastic bag ban. Starting on Jan. 1, stores will be required to swap out those ...

California voters previously approved a statewide referendum upholding a ban on single-use carryout plastic bags in November ...