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

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

A new law is closing what some officials have called a loophole in California’s plastic bag ban. Senate Bill 1053 was passed ...

California shoppers will have one less decision to make at the checkout counter starting Jan. 1, as the state enacts a ban on ...

A statewide ban on single-use plastic bags at checkouts in grocery stores took effect Jan. 1. The bill, SB 1053 authored by state Sen. Catherine Blakespear, bolsters existing state law that ...

Grocery stores may offer recycled paper bags at checkout, or consumers can use their own bags to carry out purchases.

This is what the data says about plastic bag bans. Plastic bag bans have been popping up across the country for the past decade, but a lawmaker in one state is looking at walking back the law enacted ...

SB 1053 and AB 2236 were passed by the California legislature and signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom in 2024. It goes into ...

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

Under Senate Bill 1053, stores and pharmacies across California will no longer be allowed to offer plastic bags. Starting in ...

A new year means new laws, but there are many that don't affect Californians' day-to-day lives. Here are a few that might.

Instead of securing an open bag of food with a rubber band or chip clip, there's an easy way to tie it closed with just one ...