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

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

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

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

In 2018, Kroger pledged to eliminate single-use plastic bags by 2025 as part of its Zero Hunger, Zero Waste initiative.

Thicker bags have proliferated in the wake of the statewide ban on thin plastic bags took effect in 2021. Now, some cities ...

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

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

The new law also includes future requirements for paper bags. By 2028, paper bags offered at checkout must be made from at ...

While single-use bags labeled as compostable are an alternative for plastic bags, they are not to be disposed of in the green bins used to collect compostable waste, including food scraps and yard ...

South Africa’s plastic bag levy was first introduced in 2004 as an anti-pollution mechanism and to support environmental ...