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 ...

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

California became the first state in the nation to ban single-use plastic bags in 2014. The ban went to California residents ...

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

California has entered a new phase of waste reduction as a statewide ban on all plastic shopping bags at grocery stores and ...

Four years after Germany phased out light plastic bags, how has the EU addressed plastic waste — and why do single-use items ...

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

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

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

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.