Plastic bags start out as fossil fuels and end up as deadly waste in landfills and the ocean. Birds often mistake shredded plastic bags for food, filling their stomachs with toxic debris. For hungry ...

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 ...

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 is banning single-use plastic bags at grocery ... gas,” a general manager of bag supplier Crown Poly said in a 2023 report prepared by Freedonia Custom Research on behalf of an ...

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 ...

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 ...

Los Angeles’s relationship with plastic grocery bags is a murky one. Although the city has, in the past, approved two laws banning the items and a similar one was enacted statewide, they’re ...

To the editor: Los Angeles passed a ban on supermarket plastic bags in 2013, which the state followed with its ban a year later, preempting L.A.’s ordinance. But the state version had an ...

In California, shoppers will have only one bag option at the checkout line starting in 2026. A decade ago, California became the first U.S. state to ban single-use plastic bags, the flimsy sacks ...