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

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

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

California is banning single-use plastic bags at grocery stores and other retailers, after an earlier ban was blamed for making the waste problem worse. Here, a worker pulls a plastic bag from a ...

The largest-ever analysis of US bag legislation is here — with hard data, case studies, and key takeaways for brands, policymakers, and packaging pros. The Consortium to Reinvent the Retail Bag, ...

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

A Los Angeles Times editorial is asking for a "do over" in the plastic bag ban that actually led to more plastic waste, according to a recent report. After California became the first state in 2016 to ...

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

The backstory: The law began as Senate Bill 53, authored by state Sen. Scott Wiener, a Democrat from San Francisco, to ...

A new law is closing what some officials have called a loophole in California’s plastic bag ban. Senate Bill 1053 was passed ...

Paper bags would return to grocery stores in New Jersey were he elected governor, U.S. Rep. Josh Gottheimer told NJ Advance Media on Tuesday. Since May 2022, large grocery stores and big box stores in ...

Next time you are asked if you want a bag when checking at the supermarket, you can expect a paper bag as the plastic bag law ...