Plastic grocery bags are a significant contributor to global plastic pollution, and California is taking a big step up in ...

California is just saying no to plastic bags, as lawmakers recently passed legislation that will ban grocery stores from ...

In various cities and states, plastic bag bans have taken hold as a way to reduce pollution and prevent excess waste from harming the environment. But what differences have the laws made in ...

California’s plastic grocery bag waste actually increased after the first ban went into effect, according to the state’s ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. After just barely eking onto the ballot, votes in support of a measure to ban single-use plastics ...

Ten years after California approved a plastic bag ban that’s been blamed for making its plastic bag problem worse, the state is banning single-use plastic grocery bags entirely. In 2014, California ...

In the future, Maryland consumers in Montgomery County could forget about plastic bags at the grocery store. Those will be banned — with some exceptions — if a new bill passes the council this ...

Until early September this year, Mahfuza Begum's Surzu Handicrafts was making eco-friendly, lightweight and reusable net shopping bags out of jute and cotton for a handful of buyers. And it was ...

California has a plastic bag problem — but not for long. California Governor Gavin Newsom recently signed a law fully banning plastic shopping bags in grocery stores, updating a decade-old ban ...

BY SAM LEDOUXEspañola City Councilor andPAUL GESSINGPresidentRio Grande Foundation The City of Española, at the behest of ...