This year, California updated its plastic bag ban by allowing grocery stores to offer only paper bags at checkout. Will that ...

California sued plastic bag makers for falsely labeling products as recyclable, leading to settlements and a statewide ban.

Decrease your plastic consumption and increase your grocery-carrying capabilities with these plastic bag alternatives that you'll enjoy having on hand.

Ten years after California approved a plastic bag ban that’s been blamed for making its plastic bag problem worse, the state is banning single-use plastic grocery bags entirely. In 2014, California ...

Connecticut environmentalists raised their reusable water bottles for a toast when Public Act 19-117 was passed six years ago, phasing out single-use plastic bags at checkouts. The law was structured ...

A proposed ordinance banning plastic bags and styrofoam is on the ballot this week in Montana’s fourth largest town, Bozeman. Proponents of the proposal, referred to as the Bozeman Plastics Ordinance ...

Washington shoppers will pay 4 cents more per plastic grocery bag starting in January. But the bags themselves won’t get any thicker for at least another two years as lawmakers fine-tune the state’s ...

Heading into the grocery store, without remembering to bring your reusable bags, you may be forced to pay the 5 cent per bag tax for that forgetfulness. As you rack up your bag use tally, you may be ...

As reported in my commentary from two months ago, starting next month, the fee for thick reusable plastic bags will increase from eight cents to 12 cents. Factor in sales tax, and consumers will ...

The Elgin City Council has deferred more discussion on an ordinance banning single-use plastic bags to get more business feedback.

Illinois lawmakers are considering a bill that would charge shoppers a fee for carryout bags, with the goal of restricting the use of plastic bags over the next few years.