Chemists have developed a catalytic process that turns the largest component of today's plastic waste stream, polyolefin plastic bags and bottles ... make new plastics. Clear plastic water ...

TRASH FLYING OUT OF TRUCKS AND COLLECTING ON YOUR HIGHWAYS. NOW, MUCH OF THAT PLASTIC BLACKS BAGS I SHOULD SAY. INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER MATT FLEENER TAKES US INSIDE GREEN FOR LIFE FACILITY IN ...

It's for that reason that staff are pitching different ideas — including clear plastic bags — to ultimately force people to recycle and compost, and thereby reduce the amount of garbage that ...

California lawmakers have passed a second plastic bag ban after admitting the state's first ban failed its goal of reducing plastic waste. State Sen. Catherine Blakespear, D-Encinitas, and ...

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 ...

Plastic bags are becoming a mere memory in California, where Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a bill that bans them from being given out at grocery store checkouts. “Plastic bags create pollution ...

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 ...

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 ...

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?

To the editor: The bill passed by the California Legislature to eliminate plastic bags at grocery stores, even the thicker “reusable” ones that are rarely reused, is a long overdue.

Hefty ReNew orange bags are placed ... is because the soft-plastic shopping bags blow around recycling centers and often get caught in machinery, which causes problems for large facilities.

Lawmakers have passed a pair of identical bills to ban all plastic grocery bags in the state of California. The companion bills, AB-2236 and SB-1053, both aim to completely prohibit grocers from ...