Researchers find that nationwide policies to ban plastic bags may be paying off, with fewer showing up during coastal ...

Plastic bag policies led to a 25% to 47% reduction in the amount of disposable, thin plastic bag litter on America's ...

Nearly half a century of beach cleanups across America show that plastic bag bans reduce plastic bag litter washing up on our ...

It’s been more than a decade since California enacted a soft ban on single-use plastic bags at grocery stores and other ...

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.

On Sunday, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill into law that will close a legal loophole that has allowed for an increase in California's plastic bag waste, despite a 2014 law that was designed to ban ...

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. June 27, 2025 ...

With the Governor's signature, California has finally banned plastic bags in grocery checkout lanes once and for all."As San Francisco's mayor in 2007, Newsom signed the nation's first plastic bag ...

With the Governor's signature, California has finally banned plastic bags in grocery checkout lanes once and for all."As San Francisco's mayor in 2007, Newsom signed the nation's first plastic bag ...

With the Governor's signature, California has finally banned plastic bags in grocery checkout lanes once and for all."As San Francisco's mayor in 2007, Newsom signed the nation's first plastic bag ...