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 ...

Syeda Rizwana Hasan, adviser for environment, forest and climate change in the interim government, has said that starting October 1, supermarkets will no longer be allowed to use or provide plastic ...

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 ...

Hefty ReNew orange bags are placed ... is because the soft-plastic shopping bags blow around recycling centers and often get caught in machinery, which causes problems for large facilities.

TRASH FLYING OUT OF TRUCKS AND COLLECTING ON YOUR HIGHWAYS. NOW, MUCH OF THAT PLASTIC BLACKS BAGS I SHOULD SAY. INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER MATT FLEENER TAKES US INSIDE GREEN FOR LIFE FACILITY IN ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...