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

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

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

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

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

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

The new California law bans all plastic carryout bags at grocery, pharmacy and convenience store checkouts, including thicker ...

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

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

Paper or plastic?” is no longer a question you’ll be asked at the grocery store beginning on Thursday. With 2026 just days away, the new year will bring new laws enacted by the state of California.

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 ...