“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 had ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Starting Jan. 1, 2026, plastic bags at California retail stores will no longer be available. All plastic ...

Reusable plastic bags and unrecyclable film packaging from Southern California stores and retailers are seen in Laguna Niguel. Jan Dell/Handout via REUTERS Legislation to ban plastic bags from grocery ...

Think twice before tossing those plastic bags after your next trip to the grocery store. Plastic grocery bags have many more uses than just carrying your fruits and veggies. Repurpose them around the ...

(AP) – With Los Angeles preparing to become the largest city in the nation to ban plastic grocery bags, a short history of the ubiquitous sack: _ 1977, the plastic grocery bag is introduced to the ...

Prevent a mess of plastic bags under the sink by using these expert organizing hacks. Plastic grocery bags are no friend to the environment, but they're hard to avoid altogether. Plastic bags can’t be ...

State Senator Catherine Blakespear, a Democrat and one of the bill’s supporters, at the time pointed to a state study that ...

Plastic grocery bags add up fast, especially in a busy house. Even if you try to bring reusable totes, they still sneak in.

Paper bags will soon be the only option available at many store checkouts, with plastic bags going away once again.

"We provided an example of what things could look like if we wasted less and created less pollution," the owner said.

Doesn’t everyone put items from the produce department of a grocery store into thin plastic bags? (“A Bag Ban to Fix California’s Bag Ban?” Review & Outlook, Aug. 17). The contents of my cereal are ...