Trash bags, laundry detergent, and other household essentials must be replaced often. To save money and the environment, ...

Reusable grocery bags are a great way to go green, and they're often your only option in states and cities that banned ...

Plastic bags were banned in California in 2014. Many of us knew this plastic bag ban existed, but we wondered why plastic ...

The California Grocers Association endorsed the ban on reusable plastic grocery bags when the two bills were introduced to the California Senate and General Assembly. “We know even the best ...

The legislation comes 10 years after the state banned plastic grocery bags and required stores to distribute reusable or recyclable plastic bags. State Sen. Catherine Blakespear (D) described the ...

On September 22, 2024, Governor Newsom signed Senate Bill (“SB”) 1053, which prohibits grocery stores from offering ...

The new measure bans all plastic shopping bags starting in 2026. Consumers who don't bring their own bags will be offered a ...

California and other states — and some cities — have learned a lesson: Bans on plastic bags don’t always go as planned. In ...

California lawmakers toughened the state's ban on plastic grocery bags by outlawing the sale of reusable ones — which actually increased the amount of waste tossed in the trash. Gov. Gavin ...

"This bill seeks to reduce the usage of single-use bags and encourage consumers to bring their own reusable bags to the grocery store," the bill's authors wrote. "With the intention of this bill being ...

Gavin Newsom (D-CA) signed a law banning plastic bags from being sold at grocery stores ... want a paper bag if they haven’t brought a reusable bag.” “This straightforward approach is ...