The idea is simple: Reduce plastic waste by requiring shoppers to bring their own reusable bags. The reality is messy. Plastic bag bans have spread across the nation, but some data suggests that ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- San Francisco was the first city in the nation to get rid of single use plastic bags in 2007. In 2014, the rest of the state would also ban the so-called urban tumbleweed.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Since California adopted the nation’s first ban on single-use plastic shopping bags in 2014, most grocery stores have turned to thicker, reusable plastic bags that are supposed to ...

After plastic bag bans passed in the city of Charleston and surrounding municipalities, big retail stores such as Walmart and Target found a loophole: those extra-thick plastic bags that can be washed ...

On Tuesday, California lawmakers approved two bills that would ban grocery stores from offering customers plastic bags. California already put an end to thin, single-use plastic bags back in 2016, but ...

This is what the data says about plastic bag bans. Plastic bag bans have been popping up across the country for the past decade, but a lawmaker in one state is looking at walking back the law enacted ...

Under Friday’s announcement, four plastic bag producers — Revolution Sustainable Solutions, Metro Poly, PreZero US Packaging, ...

Thirteen states across the country have enacted bans on "single-use" plastic bags, with upwards of 500 cities doing the same. More could be on the way. Environmental groups claim that these bags are ...

California lawmakers have voted to do away with reusable plastic bags after the elimination of single-use plastic bags failed to reduce plastic pollution. "California’s original ban on plastic bags ...

Plastic bag fees have become ubiquitous in some parts of the country amid government efforts to curb Americans’ plastic consumption. State and local governments determine where the money from the fees ...

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