For now, California is offering guidance, not mandates, on what stores should do with plastic bags already in storage.

It’s both easy and hard to miss plastic grocery bags—easy because they’re strong, light, free, and they can double as little trash bags once you’ve got them home and emptied out your groceries, and ...

A plastic bag ban will go into effect in Montgomery County starting Jan. 1. For the most part, disposable plastic bags won’t ...

(KTLA) – It’s been more than a decade since California enacted a soft ban on single-use plastic bags at grocery stores and other businesses. In the coming year, that ban will become more strict as the ...

Plastic bags littering the shoreline is a common sight on beaches around the world. The researchers combined information on hundreds of policies instituted across the U.S. between 2017 and 2023, with ...

Ever since their invention in 1959, plastic bags have become synonymous with shopping. For many people, it’s difficult to imagine a quick grocery run without the crinkle of a plastic bag, and even ...

Beginning in 2026, California retailers will fully phase out plastic bags in favor of paper and reusable options, marking ...

Consumers in California will no longer receive plastic bags, but paper bags, to reduce environmental pollution ...

Starting Jan. 1, a plastic bag ban will go into effect in Montgomery County, Maryland. (WTOP/John Domen) In January, a ban on plastic bags goes into effect in most of Montgomery County, Maryland. Only ...