And under a law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom last year, the thicker plastic bags were required to be phased out anyway at all ...

With every trip to the grocery story, local drug store, or your favorite restaurant, it’s almost a guarantee that you’re ...

Prevent a mess of plastic bags under the sink by using these expert organizing hacks. Plastic grocery bags are no friend to the environment, but they're hard to avoid altogether. Plastic bags can’t be ...

The prohibition comes as the state reaches a settlement with plastic bag manufacturers accused of making misleading ...

Standard plastic produce bags are completely clear, shiny and very thin, while compostable or biodegradable versions feel slightly crinkly, are a bit thicker and often appear opaque with a faint green ...

"At this point, everyone should be used to it." Officials pass new law that will force shoppers to change grocery store ...

Has this ever happened to you? You get to the checkout at the grocery store, and you realize you left your collection of reusable bags in the car. Even the most teetotal zero-waster has probably been ...

(AP) – With Los Angeles preparing to become the largest city in the nation to ban plastic grocery bags, a short history of the ubiquitous sack: _ 1977, the plastic grocery bag is introduced to the ...

California is suing three plastic-bag makers, alleging they misled people by falsely claiming their products were recyclable ...

Single-use plastic items are a substantial contributor to litter across Canada, but compostable alternatives can follow a ...

Seattle banned those thin, plastic grocery bags. So did Shoreline, Bellingham and Edmonds. Olympia is just the latest Washington city to consider a similar restriction. But at least one city could be ...