Two weeks after the state increased the fee for reusable plastic bags, lawmakers are considering competing legislation that ...

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

Plastic bags are convenient, but the planet pays the price. This video dives into the environmental impact of plastic bags, ...

The state is reviewing draft rules for producers to make single-use packaging and food packaging recyclable and compostable ...

After plastic bag bans passed in the city of Charleston and surrounding municipalities, big retail stores such as Walmart and Target found a loophole: those extra-thick plastic bags that can be washed ...

Plastic bags are not biodegradable and pose a huge problem for the environment, the marine ecosystem in particular. These ...

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

After a yearslong commitment to phase out single use plastic bags from its stores by 2025, here's where Kroger stands.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill banning plastic bags from grocery store checkouts, including the thicker, "reusable" bags that stores switched to after an earlier ban. “We deserve a cleaner ...

Here's the thing that nobody talks about when they hand you a trendy tote at the checkout. Those bags everyone's carrying ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- San Francisco was the first city in the nation to get rid of single use plastic bags in 2007. In 2014, the rest of the state would also ban the so-called urban tumbleweed.

The new law also includes future requirements for paper bags. By 2028, paper bags offered at checkout must be made from at ...