California shoppers are adjusting to a new reality at checkout counters across the state as plastic bags have been officially ...

California’s revised carryout bag law, which took effect January 1, eliminates the exemption that allowed thicker plastic ...

New Jersey’s Plastic Pollution Reduction Act is an absolute success. In less than a year from the law’s May 2022 implementation, ghost plastic bags fell off the top 10 list of most common litter items ...

Four years after Germany phased out light plastic bags, how has the EU addressed plastic waste? And why do single-use items ...

Ever since their invention in 1959, plastic bags have become synonymous with shopping. For many people, it’s difficult to imagine a quick grocery run without the crinkle of a plastic bag, and even ...

A new law is closing what some officials have called a loophole in California’s plastic bag ban. Senate Bill 1053 was passed ...

SACRAMENTO — California’s environmental-friendly lawmakers were quite proud of themselves when, in 2014, they passed a first-in-the-nation ban on stores from handing out so-called single-use plastic ...

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California's 2026 plastic bag ban ends all plastic checkout bags. Learn what’s changing and how it affects your shopping ...

Dumping of plastic carrier bags remains the most prevalent environmental offence reported to regulators, highlighting persistent compliance gaps that continue to raise environmental, social, and ...