A bill intended to cut plastic waste would allow eateries to give out single-use cutlery and condiments only if customers ...

California shoppers will have one less decision to make at the checkout counter starting Jan. 1, as the state enacts a ban on ...

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 ...

The new year brings additional PFAS regulations, as well as restrictions on plastic bottles at hotels and on certain takeout ...

California law bans plastic bags at grocery checkouts, requiring shoppers to use reusable bags or pay for the recycled paper ...

The new law also includes future requirements for paper bags. By 2028, paper bags offered at checkout must be made from at ...

California has entered a new phase of waste reduction as a statewide ban on all plastic shopping bags at grocery stores and ...

Four years after Germany phased out light plastic bags, how has the EU addressed plastic waste? And why do single-use items ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill banning plastic bags from grocery store checkouts, including the thicker, "reusable" bags that stores switched to after an earlier ban. “We deserve a cleaner ...

New laws go into effect every year, but few have as broad an impact on California consumers as the state’s full ban on ...

As the new year turns over, laws regarding polystyrene foam bans and restrictions on hotel single-use plastic take effect in ...

Senate Bill 1053 prevents grocery stores, retail stores with a pharmacy, convenience stores, food marts, and liquor stores ...