California became the first state to pass a plastic bag ban in 2014, but it's been blamed for making the problem worse. The ...

Bag manufacturers are against bans on their products -- and they insist that the thin plastic film bag, made of polyethylene ... report prepared by Freedonia Custom Research on behalf of an ...

food marts and liquor stores could use only reusable plastic bags made with recycled content or recycled paper bags, according to CalRecycle. The new bill will change the definition of a ...

California will no longer offer the option to ask for a plastic bag when checking out at grocery stores. Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a law banning the distribution of these bags across the state ...

It’s also a way to avoid a complete ban on the use of commercial plastic bags, which are made from fossil fuels. The new program works by residents purchasing Hefty ReNew heavy plastic ...

California has been on the forefront of plastic bag bans. In 2007, Mr. Newsom, as mayor of San Francisco, signed a law that made the city the first in the nation to ban plastic bags in grocery stores.

California had already banned thin plastic shopping bags at supermarkets and other stores, but shoppers could purchase bags made with a thicker plastic that purportedly made them reusable and ...

The Hong Kong government’s new HK$1 levy on all types of plastic bags ... to bring their own bags while shopping, according to Plastic Free Seas. If the previous levy made that much of an ...