That extra fee at the grocery store for a plastic shopping bag isn’t just an inconvenience –– it is actually making a difference for marine ecosystems, according to a new study. Policies that ban or ...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Starting Jan. 1, 2026, plastic bags at California retail stores will no longer be available. All plastic bags — including the thicker, reusable versions still common at grocery ...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — “Paper or plastic” will no longer be a choice at grocery store checkout lines in California under a new law signed Sunday by Gov. Gavin Newsom that bans all plastic shopping bags.
California would ban all plastic shopping bags in 2026 under a new bill announced Thursday in the state Legislature.California already bans thin plastic shopping bags at grocery stores and other shops ...
Plastic bags pollute our environment and break down into microplastics that contaminate our drinking water and threaten our health,” said Jenn Engstrom of the California Public Interest Research Group ...
California lawmakers and Gov. Gavin Newsom have approved more than 900 new laws that will begin to take effect starting on ...
The sale or free distribution of single-use plastic shopping bags with a thickness between 15 and 50 microns – millionths of a metre – are to be banned in the north from January 1, its environmental ...
Mount View Care Center residents turned 3,500 plastic bags into sleeping mats for homeless individuals in Wausau, showing ...
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That extra fee at the grocery store for a plastic shopping bag isn't just an inconvenience –– it is actually making a difference for marine ecosystems, according to a new study. Policies that ban or ...