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 ...
It's been a decade since California lawmakers first took aim at plastic shopping bags, but that law's failure spurred a new law that Gov. Gavin Newsom signed on Sunday.
California had already banned thin plastic shopping bags at supermarkets and other stores, but shoppers could purchase bags made with a thicker plastic that purportedly made them reusable and ...