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 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 implemented a ban on single-use plastic bags in 2016, but the law included an exception that allowed retailers to use plastic bags with a slightly thicker film coating, able to have ...

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Thick plastic bags are “not what consumers demanded when they overwhelmingly voted to support California’s bag ban at the ballot box when the policy was challenged,” Sen. Ben Allen (D-Santa ...

California already put an end to thin, single-use plastic bags back in 2016, but now, the sturdier, reusable plastic bags are on the chopping block, reported the Mercury News.

California Democratic state sen. Catherine Blakespear gestures toward a person covered in plastic bags during a news conference at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., on Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024.

Neither reduced plastic waste. According to the lawsuit, California’s plastic waste decreased by 15% between 2008 and 2014 but then shot up by 69% in the seven subsequent years.