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 ...

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

The state is reviewing draft rules for producers to make single-use packaging and food packaging recyclable and compostable ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- The City of Philadelphia's ban on single-use plastic bags begins Thursday. Paper bags that don't contain at least 40 percent recycled content are also prohibited. Businesses ...

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 cleaner ...

Ten years after California approved a plastic bag ban that’s been blamed for making its plastic bag problem worse, the state is banning single-use plastic grocery bags entirely. In 2014, California ...

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

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 shoppers will have one less decision to make at the checkout counter starting Jan. 1, as the state enacts a ban on all single-use plastic bags at the point of sale. The new policy closes a ...

The Washington Department of Ecology has fined 35 companies, including two farmer-owned cooperatives, a total of $416,554 for not having enough recycled plastic in their trash bags or beverage ...