Thurston County is pushing effort to reduce the number of plastic bags used and you have a chance to make yourself heard. The county is holding a "Community Conversations on Plastic Bags" series of ...

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. In 2014, California ...

A Los Angeles Times editorial is asking for a "do over" in the plastic bag ban that actually led to more plastic waste, according to a recent report. After California became the first state in 2016 to ...

Any step to reduce waste is worthwhile. By bringing reusable grocery bags when shopping or donating old items instead of ...

Beginning in 2026, California retailers will fully phase out plastic bags in favor of paper and reusable options, marking ...

Plastic is a product that is ubiquitous in today's society, says Sarah Morath, Wake Forest professor of law and author of the book "Our Plastic Problem and How to Solve It." The World Bank estimates ...

The Golden State has banned all plastic bags from grocery stores because, as Democratic state Sen. Catherine Blakespear said, “We are literally choking our planet with plastic waste.” Yes, literally ...