SACRAMENTO — Since California adopted the nation's first ban on single-use plastic shopping bags tin 2014, most grocery stores have turned to thicker, reusable plastic bags that are supposed to be ...

The prohibition comes as the state reaches a settlement with plastic bag manufacturers accused of making misleading recyclability claims.

The Golden State's chief legal officer announced a settlement with four producers of plastic bags for misleading the public in falsely claiming that the bags are recyclable.

California is banning single-use plastic bags at grocery stores and other retailers, after an earlier ban was blamed for making the waste problem worse. Here, a worker pulls a plastic bag from a ...

Tired of being cast as an environmental villain, it is challenging proposals in several U.S. cities to limit the use of plastic bags at supermarkets and other retail stores. A few of the nation's ...

If you’ve visited a grocery store in the last year, chances are high that you saw single-use plastic bags swapped for another reusable bag (also made with plastic, but we’ll get to that later). Or ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. — “Paper or plastic?” Your days are numbered. The question that millions of shoppers have heard for years when they roll up to the checkout aisle at grocery stores will soon be a ...