California finally fixed its ban, but at least five other states still allow the distribution of extra-thick "reusable" plastic bags.

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SYRACUSE - Friends of Syracuse Public Library will host a used book sale Friday, Oct. 11 and Saturday, Oct. 12 in the ...

The state is leading the charge in the war against plastic at grocery stores and in the courtroom as Santa Barbara continues ...

Gov. Jerry Brown signed SB 270 into law on Sept. 30, 2014. It required grocery stores to provide customers only with recycled ...

California shoppers will no longer be asked "paper or plastic" at grocery store checkouts, as a new law signed by Governor Gavin Newsom bans all plastic shopping bags. The state had already prohibited ...

“Stores may offer paper bags at the point-of-sale, and they can also sell the canvas ... telling them that recycling was a ...

“Stores may offer paper bags at the point-of-sale, and they can ... was a viable solution for plastic waste. In 2021, some 231,072 tons of plastic grocery and merchandise bags went to landfills ...

But because of a loophole in its initial ban that allowed grocers to charge for thicker plastic bags, California still dumped 231,072 tons of plastic grocery ... the point-of-sale, and they ...