Under the current ban, which became law in 2014, California stores have been allowed to offer customers thicker plastic bags that are supposedly more recyclable.

California had already banned thin plastic shopping bags at supermarkets and ... The California Legislature passed its statewide ban on plastic bags in 2014. The law was later affirmed by voters ...

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 original ban made things worse.

California had already banned thin plastic shopping bags at supermarkets and ... The California Legislature passed its statewide ban on plastic bags in 2014. The law was later affirmed by voters ...

“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.

California had already banned thin plastic shopping bags at supermarkets and ... The California Legislature passed its statewide ban on plastic bags in 2014. The law was later affirmed by voters ...