California became the first state to pass a plastic bag ban in 2014, but it's been blamed for making the problem worse. The ...

The state is leading the charge in the war against plastic at grocery stores and in the courtroom as Santa Barbara continues ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill banning plastic bags from grocery store checkouts, including the thicker, ...

Unfortunately, the law allowed grocery stores to still provide plastic bags so long as they were “reusable” and “recyclable.” The result was that bag manufacturers began making slightly ...

The legislation comes 10 years after the state banned plastic grocery bags and required stores to distribute reusable or recyclable plastic bags. State Sen. Catherine Blakespear (D) described the ...

IF YOU’RE LIKE ME, YOU WENT TO THE GROCERY ... PLASTIC BAGS. YOU MIGHT BE THINKING, HAVEN’T WE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE? YES. BUT A PREVIOUS PLASTIC BAG BAN ALLOWED FOR THICKER RECYCLABLE ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom over the weekend signed Senate Bill 1053 into law, which will enact the ban beginning Jan. 1, ...