A state bill to close a loophole in California's single-use plastic bag ban that allows for stores to distribute a ...

SB 1053 is intended to close a loophole on the original ban passed in 2014 allowing for grocery stores to sell customers ...

The big picture: SB 1053 will ban all plastic shopping bags by 2026, leaving an exemption for bags used to hold uncooked food ...

The majority of respondents who have been required to start separating their food waste reported that it's going just fine.

A bill that would prohibit plastic bags in California grocery stores and steer people to paper or reusable bags passed its ...

If the Legislature begins to assert its voice for local issues in one city, it becomes easier to assert its voice on a local ...

While Washington’s plastic bag fee has helped reduce pollution, it hasn’t changed shopper behavior that much, according to a ...

Marine Corporal Charles Alex Benfield, who was reported missing from Southern California’s Camp Pendleton last week, has been ...

Encinitas, to ban plastic bags at grocery store checkouts passed the Senate Environmental Quality Committee Wednesday.

Another bill, which would have prohibited restaurants from giving single-use cups to customers who dine in, failed.