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 ...

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, ...

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

To combat the problem of people stockpiling too many reusable bags, environmentalists recommend retailers find solutions. But so far, major retailers haven’t bought in, raising concerns that profits ...

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 ...

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.

It seems like everything rings up as a lot more than it once did, but perhaps worst of all are the things that used to be ...

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