Eight states have banned single-use plastic bags from stores, and the results of the bans have been a mixed bag, with some ...
Consumers want something to be done about plastic pollution. Recycling is something. Therefore oil companies, manufacturers ...
California has a plastic bag problem — but not for long. California Governor Gavin Newsom recently signed a law fully banning ...
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill banning plastic bags from grocery store checkouts, including the thicker, "reusable" bags that stores switched to after an earlier ban. “We deserve a ...
Under the county’s current laws, retailers charge 5 cents for plastic bags. Four cents go to the county for its Water Quality ...
One member of Stamford's Board of Representatives said she believed the board should instead focus on single-use utensils.
Montgomery County leaders are considering a bill that would ban plastic carryout bags and place a 10-cent fee on paper bags.
In California, shoppers will have only one bag option at the checkout line starting in 2026. A decade ago, California became the first U.S. state to ban single-use plastic bags, the flimsy sacks ...
Los Angeles’s relationship with plastic grocery bags is a murky one. Although the city has, in the past, approved two laws banning the items and a similar one was enacted statewide, they’re ...
The state led the nation in 2014 by banning single-use plastic bags, but a loophole actually led to more plastic waste. By Soumya Karlamangla Reporting from San Francisco Paper or paper?