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 ...
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.
Gavin Newsom signed a bill into law that will close a legal loophole that has allowed for an increase in California’s plastic ... a recycled paper bag would change from one made from 40% ...
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 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 ...