California voters previously approved a statewide referendum upholding a ban on single-use carryout plastic bags in November ...

A new California law has banned plastic carryout bags at checkout counters statewide, requiring stores to offer paper bags ...

That’s because California is finally closing a major loophole in its plastic bag ban. Starting on Jan. 1, stores will be ...

Paper or plastic?” is no longer a question you’ll be asked at the grocery store beginning on Thursday. With 2026 just days ...

California has entered a new phase of waste reduction as a statewide ban on all plastic shopping bags at grocery stores and ...

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

The new year began with a new California law for grocery stores: shoppers no longer have the option to take home plastic bags ...

Next time you are asked if you want a bag when checking at the supermarket, you can expect a paper bag as the plastic bag law ...

CHICO, Calif. - California’s tightened plastic bag ban took full effect Thursday, leaving shoppers with fewer options at ...

Ian Robson, CEO of American Paper Bag in the Hanover Industrial Estates, holds a bag his company manufactured for Gopuff, a Philadelphia-based deliverer of food and other consumer goods that operates ...

California shoppers will have one less decision to make at the checkout counter starting Jan. 1, as the state enacts a ban on ...

SB 1053 and AB 2236 were passed by the California legislature and signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom in 2024. It goes into ...