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?

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Gavin Newsom that bans all plastic shopping bags. California had already banned thin plastic shopping bags at supermarkets and other stores, but shoppers could purchase bags made with a thicker ...

The loophole has been closed with the signing of SB 1053 eliminating the option for retailers to allow plastic bags of any kind at checkouts- including the thick reusable ones! The option for ...

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 ...

If you're planning on going grocery shopping in California, best to take your own bag. That's the implied message from state governor, Gavin Newsom, who announced that from 2026, plastic bags will ...

It also keeps the lightweight plastic bags out of trees or stuck in bushes for months at a time as they slowly disintegrate. The bags are notorious litter offerings, oftentimes ending up in area ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed a bill Sunday that will prevent grocery stores from providing plastic bags to customers beginning in 2026. The legislation comes 10 years after the state ...

It’s official: California has banned plastic bags at the grocery store. California Gov. Gavin Newsom over the weekend signed Senate Bill 1053 into law, which will enact the ban beginning Jan.