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 ...

California has finally solved its biggest problem. No, not the homelessness or poverty or cost of living or literacy. California has finally solved plastic bag waste. Problem solved? How could it not ...

The problem with policy is policy. This is easily forgotten by both Democrats and Republicans promising utopia via legislation. Think California’s policymaking in the area of plastic bags. The Golden ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When California banned flimsy plastic grocery bags, they were replaced with thicker and more durable versions that could be reused ...

On April 10 the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors discussed the possible banning of plastic bags in the county. San Francisco recently passed legislation banning the bags, with New York State ...

Thurston County is pushing effort to reduce the number of plastic bags used and you have a chance to make yourself heard. The county is holding a "Community Conversations on Plastic Bags" series of ...

California and other states — and some cities — have learned a lesson: Bans on plastic bags don’t always go as planned. In fact,... California’s first plastic bag ban made things worse. Now it’s ...