California shoppers are adjusting to a new reality at checkout counters across the state as plastic bags have been officially ...

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

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

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The new California law bans all plastic carryout bags at grocery, pharmacy and convenience store checkouts, including thicker ...

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

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

California became the first state in the nation to ban single-use plastic bags in 2014. The ban went to California residents ...

Lawmakers are discussing a new bill aimed at expanding the state's existing plastic bag ban while increasing the fee for ...

Colorado Springs shoppers will discover big changes in the new year at groceries, convenience stores, pharmacies and other retailers. Beginning Sunday, a new state law will require shoppers to pay a ...