The new California law bans all plastic carryout bags at grocery, pharmacy and convenience store checkouts, including thicker ...

After a yearslong commitment to phase out single use plastic bags from its stores by 2025, here's where Kroger stands.

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

Plastic shopping bags, which have low recycling rates and often become litter when they blow away in the wind, are among the biggest culprits of plastic pollution in the ocean and along shorelines.

Thirteen states across the country have enacted bans on "single-use" plastic bags, with upwards of 500 cities doing the same. More could be on the way. Environmental groups claim that these bags are ...

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

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

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California shoppers will have one less decision to make at the checkout counter starting Jan. 1, as the state enacts a ban on ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) recently released an online form to report businesses that are not adhering to the plastic bag ban. The plastic bag ban went ...