California strengthens its plastic bag ban, requiring grocery stores and retailers to offer only recycled paper bags by 2026.

The state led the nation in 2014 by banning single-use plastic bags, but a loophole actually led to more plastic waste.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill banning plastic bags from grocery store checkouts, including the thicker, ...

Re “Newsom signs law banning all plastic shopping bags at California grocery stores” (Sept. 22): Don’t you just love the ...

Gov. Jerry Brown signed SB 270 into law on Sept. 30, 2014. It required grocery stores to provide customers only with recycled ...

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

California Gov. Gavin Newsom over the weekend signed Senate Bill 1053 into law, which will enact the ban beginning Jan. 1, ...

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

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

Governor Newsom issues a new law that bans all plastic bags beginning next year due to a lack of reducing waste, even with ...

Carlsbad’s City Council approved a trial run on a single-use plastic bag ban Tuesday night. The trial period will last for ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill on Sunday banning plastic bags from being provided at grocery stores, in a move ...