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

That extra fee at the grocery store for a plastic shopping bag isn't just an inconvenience –– it is actually making a difference for marine ecosystems, according to a new study. Policies that ban or ...

California voters previously approved a statewide referendum upholding a ban on single-use carryout plastic bags in November 2016. Under Senate Bill 270, grocery stores had to start charging at least ...

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

Customers at Aldi, the discount grocery retailer, will no longer be able to purchase plastic shopping bags from the popular chain. Aldi announced this month that stores have ended the plastic-bag ...

Senate Bill 1053, authored by state Sen. Catherine Blakespear, bans plastic bags from being offered at checkout at grocery stores.

Thicker bags have proliferated in the wake of the statewide ban on thin plastic bags took effect in 2021. Now, some cities ...

California became the first state in the nation to ban single-use plastic bags in 2014. The ban went to California residents ...

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Washington banned thin, single-use plastic shopping bags in 2021. But since then, the state has seen an increase in plastics ...