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 ...

Paper or plastic” will no longer be a choice at grocery store checkout lines in California under a new law signed by Gov.

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 ...

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

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

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 ...

On Sept. 22, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law that bans 'em. "California had already banned thin plastic shopping ...

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 ...