Heading into the grocery store, without remembering to bring your reusable bags, you may be forced to pay the 5 cent per bag tax for that forgetfulness. As you rack up your bag use tally, you may be ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- California's new plastic bag law went into effect on January 1. It forbids any business from giving away or selling plastic bags, even those deemed "recyclable." We found no ...

Last week, I wrote about New Jersey’s effort to protect the environment by banning plastic silverware in fast food restaurants. Like plastic silverware, plastic shopping bags are also overrunning our ...

A proposal to fix this will go before lawmakers in January. The legislation was pre-filed in the House and Senate last month, and the first hearings are scheduled for Jan. 14 and 15. When the ...

*Starting January 1, 2026, California will no longer allow any plastic carryout bags at store checkouts. This includes both thin single-use bags and thicker “reusable” plastic bags, which had been ...

California shoppers will have one less decision to make at the checkout counter as of Jan. 1, as the state enacts a ban on all single-use plastic bags at the point of sale. The new policy closes a ...

Spokane, WA. - Washington state shoppers will have to shell out more money for plastic bags bought at store check-outs in 2026. Starting January 1, the price for a single plastic bag will jump from 8 ...

The Las Cruces City Council has approved a revised ordinance for its plastic bag fee program. Since its 2022 implementation, the 10-cent paper bag fee has generated approximately $700,000. The revised ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) — That plastic bag at checkout will soon be a thing of the past. Beginning in 2026, California retailers will fully phase out plastic bags in favor of paper and reusable ...

In January, a ban on plastic bags goes into effect in most of Montgomery County, Maryland. Only a handful of municipalities have not passed similar bans yet. “Starting Jan. 1, plastic carryout bags ...

When getting her groceries, Lisa Villella almost always forgets her reusable bags at home. “I think this is the only time I’ve ever remembered to bring one,” she said coming out of Grocery Outlet in ...