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

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 ...

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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 ...

the state legislature passed a law banning the use of plastic bags both at grocery stores and at retail venues. That being said, the law allowed establishments to offer customers “reusable ...

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 ...

It goes further than SB 270, passed in 2014, which banned so-called single-use bags but still allowed grocery stores to provide plastic bags to customers if they were reusable and recyclable. However, ...

because consumers would opt to pay a small fee for the heavier "reusable" plastic bags offered by grocery stores instead. However, consumers typically threw these bags away. As a result ...