The state is reviewing draft rules for producers to make single-use packaging and food packaging recyclable and compostable ...

California shoppers are adjusting to a new reality at checkout counters across the state as plastic bags have been officially ...

Senate Bill 1053, authored by state Sen. Catherine Blakespear, bans plastic bags from being offered at checkout at grocery stores.

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

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

Two weeks after the state increased the fee for reusable plastic bags, lawmakers are considering competing legislation that ...

A statewide ban on single-use plastic bags at checkouts in grocery stores took effect Jan. 1. The bill, SB 1053 authored by state Sen. Catherine Blakespear, bolsters existing state law that allowed ...

New year, new laws — Montgomery County’s plastic bag ban is now in effect. News4’s Jackie Bensen reports. It's out with the plastic and in with the paper this year in Montgomery County, Maryland. A ...