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

California has long had a partial ban on plastic grocery bags, but that law is set to get even more strict as plastic pollution continues to worsen. Consumers likely won't see the effects of the ...

Plastic bags start out as fossil fuels and end up as deadly waste ... This means more plastic in our oceans, more greenhouse gas emissions and more toxic air pollution, which exacerbates the climate ...

"we've known for a long time that plastic bags create pollution in our environment," CALPIRG State Director Jenn Engstrom said, per KTLA 5. "The problem is that grocery stores have been allowed to ...

California's statewide ban of single-use plastic bags at grocery store checkouts was first passed in 2014, but plastic ...

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

In 2021, some 231,072 tons of plastic grocery and merchandise bags went to landfills ... public to convince us that plastic recycling could solve the plastic waste and pollution crisis when they ...

Coloradans have faced this question for almost a year since the state banned single-use plastic bags. And if you either ...

Bangladesh became the first nation on Earth to ban single-use plastic bags. Since then, plastic pollution has gotten worse. To find a biodegradable replacement, the government turned to jute ...

“Plastic bags create pollution in our environment and break ... “Californians voted to ban plastic grocery bags in our state almost a decade ago, but the law needed a redo.

Somalia on Tuesday imposed a long-delayed ban on single-use plastic bags to help tackle pollution, the latest African country to try to stem the tide of non-biodegradable waste. The new law ...