The Bel Air grocery store in the Pocket sells its own reusable bags for 10 cents. As of Jan. 1, the city of Sacramento bans grocery stores, large pharmacies and convenience stores from offering single ...

The settlement follows a state investigation into plastic bags sold as recyclable despite limited evidence they could be processed by recycling facilities in practice.

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. SAN FRANCISCO – Concluding his statewide investigation into plastic bag producers and whether the plastic bags they have sold ...

SAN FRANCISCO (CN) — The California attorney general filed a lawsuit against major single-use plastic bag manufacturers on Friday, after a statewide investigation found the sale of non-recyclable ...

When Oregon banned retailers and restaurants from giving out plastic, single-use checkout bags in 2019, environmental groups hailed it as a big step forward in the fight against plastic waste. The ban ...

“Paper or plastic?” Your days are numbered. The question that millions of shoppers have heard for years when they roll up to the checkout aisle at grocery stores will soon be a thing of the past. On ...

When Oregon banned retailers and restaurants from giving out plastic, single-use checkout bags in 2019, environmental groups hailed it as a big step forward in the fight against plastic waste. The ban ...

OUTAGAMIE COUNTY (WLUK) -- If you place something that can't be recycled in your curbside bin in Outagamie County, you'll get tagged. On a daily basis, hundreds of thousands of pounds of trash are ...

California has settled lawsuits with four plastic bag producers that were found to be violating a 2014 law that forbids the sale of single-use plastic bags, and is suing three others for the same ...