California has entered a new phase of waste reduction as a statewide ban on all plastic shopping bags at grocery stores and ...

California voters previously approved a statewide referendum upholding a ban on single-use carryout plastic bags in November ...

SB 1053 and AB 2236 were passed by the California legislature and signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom in 2024. It goes into ...

California law bans plastic bags at grocery checkouts, requiring shoppers to use reusable bags or pay for the recycled paper ...

California shoppers will once again have to leave plastic bags behind starting in 2026, as a new law closes a loophole that ...

The new law also includes future requirements for paper bags. By 2028, paper bags offered at checkout must be made from at ...

CHICO, Calif. - California’s tightened plastic bag ban took full effect Thursday, leaving shoppers with fewer options at ...

Grocery stores may offer recycled paper bags at checkout, or consumers can use their own bags to carry out purchases.

That’s because California is finally closing a major loophole in its plastic bag ban. Starting on Jan. 1, stores will be ...

SUGAR NOTCH — You may ask, how do you reinvent the paper bag? For Ian Robson and Cipriano Hinojosa at American Paper Bag, the question is: Why didn’t anyone figure it out ages ago. “It just never ...

A new California law has banned plastic carryout bags at checkout counters statewide, requiring stores to offer paper bags ...