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California's Plastic Bag Ban Is Growing
California Bans Single-Use Plastic Bags, Effective 2026
California strengthens its plastic bag ban, requiring grocery stores and retailers to offer only recycled paper bags by 2026. Environmental groups praise the decision, while the plastics industry opposes the bill.
California solves its biggest problem: Plastic bags
California has finally solved its biggest problem. No, not the homelessness or poverty or cost of living or literacy.
California Bans All Plastic Bags After Its First Effort Backfired
The state led the nation in 2014 by banning single-use plastic bags, but a loophole actually led to more plastic waste.
California bans all plastic shopping bags at store checkouts: When will it go into effect?
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill banning plastic bags from grocery store check outs, including the thicker, "reusable" bags that stores switched to following a previous ban.
New California law bans all plastic shopping bags at grocery stores
Paper or plastic” will no longer be a choice at grocery store checkout lines in California under a new law signed Sunday by Gov. Gavin Newsom that bans all plastic shopping bags.
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California finally ditching plastic bags as partial ban backfired spectacularly
Paper bags are coming back. Starting Jan. 1, 2026, when you buy items at California grocery stores and most other retailers you will no longer have a plastic bag option. Instead, you can purchase a paper shopping bag for 10 cents.
Opinion
California again bans plastic bags while feds prepare to ban ‘inefficient’ LED bulbs
Busybodies across the country love nothing more than forcing the rest of us to spend more of their hard-earned dollars on pointless, feel-good exercises.
California’s first plastic bag ban made things worse. Now it’s trying again
California and other states -- and some cities -- have learned a lesson: Bans on plastic bags don’t always go as planned. In fact, California's original ban made things worse.
California Bans All Plastic Bags at Grocery Stores
On September 22, 2024, Governor Newsom signed Senate Bill (“SB”) 1053, which prohibits grocery stores from offering single-use plastic carry out
California's Plastic Bag Ban Is Growing: Here's What You Need to Know
The Golden State is going all out to block plastic bags at grocery stores -- but it'll take a while for the new law to kick in.
California Sen. Catherine Blakespear on why a second plastic bag ban is needed
Ten years after the California legislature passed a bill to ban single-use plastic bags, Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed another bill to ban plastic grocery bags. California Sen. Catherine Blakespear explains the impact of the first law and why the new law was needed.
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Other enviro threats far worse than plastic bags
Re “Newsom signs law banning all plastic shopping bags at California grocery stores” (Sept. 22): Don’t you just love the ...
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs law banning grocery stores from offering plastic bags
California Gov. Gavin Newsom over the weekend signed Senate Bill 1053 into law, which will enact the ban beginning Jan. 1, ...
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City of Carlsbad approves trial ban on single-use plastic bags
Carlsbad’s City Council approved a trial run on a single-use plastic bag ban Tuesday night. The trial period will last for ...
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