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State governor signs new law effectively banning all plastic bags at grocery stores: 'It's in our food, air, water, and even our bodies'California has a plastic bag problem — but not for long. California Governor Gavin Newsom recently signed a law fully banning ...
retail stores with a pharmacy, convenience stores, food marts and liquor stores could use only reusable plastic bags made with recycled content or recycled paper bags, according to CalRecycle.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom signs law banning all plastic shopping bags at grocery storesPaper or plastic” will no longer be a choice at grocery store checkout lines in California under a new law signed by Gov.
Catherine Blakespear, who spearheaded the new bill, the bags that were allowed a decade ago were in fact not recycled and merely ... of being asked do you want paper or plastic at checkout ...
In 2014, the Legislature passed a law that banned single-use plastic bags at grocery store and retail checkout lines ... the definition of a recycled paper bag would change from one made from ...
The new California law also will require that paper bags at grocery stores have at least 50% recycled paper content ... will be allowed in supermarkets, retail stores and convenience stores ...
In addition to the box trial, in 2023 Coles stopped selling soft plastic shopping bags in-store and online which removed 230 million plastic bags from circulation in one year. 100% recycled paper ...
The only option for customers who lack their own reusable shopping bags will be buying paper bags for 10 cents ... said that although the bags could be recycled, virtually none were.
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