It ended up providing a lesson for other state and even local governments to learn from and to not allow loopholes like ...

Plastic pollution has become a major global environmental crisis. Millions of plastic or polythene bags are used and discarded each year, contributing to the pollution of land, rivers, and oceans.

Plastic grocery bags are a significant contributor to global plastic pollution, and California is taking a big step up in tackling the problem. Thomas is a native of upstate New York and a ...

Montgomery County leaders are considering a bill that would ban plastic carryout bags and place a 10-cent fee on paper bags.

and the PE is made domestically from natural gas,” a general manager of bag supplier Crown Poly said in a 2023 report (PDF) prepared by Freedonia Custom Research on behalf of an industry group, the ...

California will no longer offer the option to ask for a plastic bag when checking out at grocery stores. Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a law banning the distribution of these bags across the state ...

Wonder Land: One of the campaign’s most important issues is the vast power and authority of the federal government. Photo: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images Mr. Bonta garnered headlines ...

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 ...

It also keeps the lightweight plastic bags out of trees or stuck in bushes for months at a time as they slowly disintegrate. The bags are notorious litter offerings, oftentimes ending up in area ...

Gavin Newsom that bans all plastic shopping bags. California had already banned thin plastic shopping bags at supermarkets and other stores, but shoppers could purchase bags made with a thicker ...