Two weeks after the state increased the fee for reusable plastic bags, lawmakers are considering competing legislation that ...

California’s revised carryout bag law, which took effect January 1, eliminates the exemption that allowed thicker plastic ...

After plastic bag bans passed in the city of Charleston and surrounding municipalities, big retail stores such as Walmart and Target found a loophole: those extra-thick plastic bags that can be washed ...

Plastic bags are convenient, but the planet pays the price. This video dives into the environmental impact of plastic bags, ...

The state is reviewing draft rules for producers to make single-use packaging and food packaging recyclable and compostable ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill banning plastic bags from grocery store checkouts, including the thicker, "reusable" bags that stores switched to after an earlier ban. “We deserve a cleaner ...

After a yearslong commitment to phase out single use plastic bags from its stores by 2025, here's where Kroger stands.

CalPirg estimates the California ban will eliminate more than 11.5 billion plastic bags from the environment per year.

Plastic bags are not biodegradable and pose a huge problem for the environment, the marine ecosystem in particular. These ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- San Francisco was the first city in the nation to get rid of single use plastic bags in 2007. In 2014, the rest of the state would also ban the so-called urban tumbleweed.

Here's the thing that nobody talks about when they hand you a trendy tote at the checkout. Those bags everyone's carrying ...