Plastic grocery bags are a significant contributor to global plastic pollution, and California is taking a big step up in ...

Instead of tossing plastic bags in the trash, use them around your home. Learn some of the most useful ways to repurpose ...

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 U.S. state of California passed a new law banning all plastic bags at grocery store checkouts, following campaigning by ...

On September 22, 2024, Governor Newsom signed Senate Bill (“SB”) 1053, which prohibits grocery stores from offering ...

Gov. Jerry Brown signed SB 270 into law on Sept. 30, 2014. It required grocery stores to provide customers only with recycled ...

According to state Senator Catherine Blakespear, one of the new bill’s supporters, a study found the amount of plastic bags ...

Re “Newsom signs law banning all plastic shopping bags at California grocery stores” (Sept. 22): Don’t you just love the ...

Governor Gavin Newsom just signed SB 1053, from Sen. Catherine Blakespear (D-Encinitas), into law, which will eliminate plastic bags at California grocery store checkout lanes. Those heavy-duty, ...

A pilot program at a discount grocer’s fulfillment center is using robots to help complete orders—and, according to the company behind the tech, keep grocery bills down.

Paper bags are coming back. Starting Jan. 1, 2026, when you buy items at California grocery stores and most other retailers ...