California has finally solved its biggest problem. No, not the homelessness or poverty or cost of living or literacy.

Single-use plastic remains a dominant choice worldwide due to its ease and affordability, despite rising environmental ...

Each year the world produces around 400 million tonnes of plastic waste, much of it discarded after just a few minutes of use ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a new law expanding the state’s current ban to include all plastic bags. Thin plastic ...

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 ...

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 ...

Gov. Jerry Brown signed SB 270 into law on Sept. 30, 2014. It required grocery stores to provide customers only with recycled ...

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's ban on plastic grocery bags is set to expand, but shoppers still have over a year to wait until paper becomes the only game in town. Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sunday signed a bill into law ...

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 ...