Maybe you have been annoyed by the extra charge to get a plastic shopping bag, but a new study shows the policies actually help clean up shorelines.

She pointed to a state study that found that the amount of plastic shopping bags trashed per person grew from 8 pounds (3.6 kilograms) per year in 2004 to 11 pounds (5 kilograms) per year in 2021.

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 ...

The new law, signed Sunday by Gov. Gavin Newsom, bans all plastic shopping bags starting in 2026. One study found that the amount of plastic shopping bags trashed per person grew from 8 pounds per ...

As more cities restrict single-use plastic bags for environmental reasons, ... In 2007, Emily Sugihara, the founder of Baggu, based her reusable bag design on the traditional plastic shopping bag.

“Paper or plastic” will no longer be a choice at grocery store checkout lines in California under a new law signed Sunday by Gov. Gavin Newsom that bans all plastic shopping bags.