California's plastic bag ban took effect Jan. 1. The ban was signed into law more than a year ago. Paper beats rock. Scissors beats paper. The question shoppers outside a WinCo Foods grocery store in ...

In 2018, grocery store giant Kroger announced it would phase out "use-once, throw-it-away plastic bags" and transitioning to reusable bags by 2025. However, eight years later, plastic bags are still ...

SAN DIEGO — The new year began with a new California law for grocery stores: shoppers no longer have the option to take home plastic bags at checkout. Instead, customers must either bring their own ...

It's out with the plastic and in with the paper this year in Montgomery County, Maryland. A new plastic bag ban took effect New Year's Day with mixed reaction from shoppers. "I mean, as I was packing ...

A statewide ban on single-use plastic bags at checkouts in grocery stores took effect Jan. 1. The bill, SB 1053 authored by state Sen. Catherine Blakespear, bolsters existing state law that allowed ...

*Starting January 1, 2026, California will no longer allow any plastic carryout bags at store checkouts. This includes both thin single-use bags and thicker “reusable” plastic bags, which had been ...

California shoppers will have one less decision to make at the checkout counter as of Jan. 1, as the state enacts a ban on all single-use plastic bags at the point of sale. The new policy closes a ...

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 goes into effect the first of the year. The change comes from Senate Bill ...

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Starting New Year's Day, when you go shopping in California, you may notice a change. In 2026, plastic bags are out and paper bags are in. What’s changing? A new law is taking effect on Jan. 1 that ...