California passes new plastic bag ban : NPR
WEB5 days ago — 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.
Governor signs California plastic bag bill into law
WEBSep 22, 2024 — On Sunday, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill into law that will close a legal loophole that has allowed for an increase in California’s plastic bag waste, despite a 2014 law that was designed...
California's Plastic Bag Ban Is Growing: Here's What You Need to …
WEB3 days ago — Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sunday signed a bill into law that will make his state's preexisting ban on plastic grocery bags complete. Ten years ago, California became the first state to ban thin...
California Bans All Plastic Bags After Its First Effort Backfired
WEBSep 23, 2024 — A decade ago, California became the first U.S. state to ban single-use plastic bags, the flimsy sacks that regularly blew into waterways, littered streets and collected in landfills.
California governor signs law banning all plastic shopping bags …
WEBSep 22, 2024 — “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.
New California plastics law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom | CNN
WEBJul 1, 2022 — In an attempt to slash the wide-ranging impacts of plastic pollution, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law the country’s most sweeping restrictions on single-use plastics and...
California’s Landmark Plastic Pollution Law Moves Forward
WEBMar 8, 2024 — Governor Gavin Newsom signed the Plastic Pollution Prevention and Packaging Producer Responsibility Act (SB 54) in 2022, which requires producers to cut single-use plastic waste and ensure the packaging on products they sell is …
California tries again to ban plastic grocery bags - Los Angeles Times
WEBAug 30, 2024 — Roughly 10 years after California tried and failed to ban plastic bags at grocery stores, state lawmakers have passed a law that they say will forever end the choice of “paper or plastic” in...
Governor Newsom Signs Legislation Cutting Harmful Plastic …
WEBJun 30, 2022 — Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 54, requiring all packaging in the state to be recyclable or compostable by 2032, cutting plastic packaging by 25 percent in 10 years and requiring 65 percent of all single-use plastic packaging to …
What to Know About California’s Landmark Plastics Law
WEBJul 5, 2022 — California approved the most sweeping restrictions on plastics in the nation late last week, a move that will most likely reshape the way we shop and recycle over the next decade.