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California state lawmakers have approved legislation that effectively bans all plastic grocery bags. Senate Bill 1053 and Assembly Bill 2236, which prohibit grocery stores from offering any bags ...

They found that plastic-bag litter dropped significantly in areas with bag laws, even as the national share of plastic bags found during cleanups increased to 6.7% in 2023 from 4.5% in 2016.

In 2021, Californians discarded 5.89 tons of plastic bags per 1,000 people, compared with 4.08 tons of plastic bags per 1,000 people in 2014, according to an analysis by CalPIRG.

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.

U.S. lagging behind China outlawed thin plastic bags in 2008 and at the same time started to enforce a fee for sturdier bags. It then banned all non-compostable bags in major cities at the end of ...

She recommended that all plastic bag bans include a 10-cent charge for paper bags to encourage customers to bring reusable alternatives. The report also urged policymakers to ban plastic bags of ...

Recycled, shredded plastic is pictured in a porcelain soup spoon, equivalent to the amount of microplastic a person could consume every week, based on a recent study by WWF International, in this ...

So, plastic pyrolysis could help handle the waste from consumer products such as plastic bags, bottles, milk jugs, packaging materials, wet wipes and even discarded children’s toys.

In 1950, global plastic production was about 2 million tons. It's now about 400 million tons—an increase of nearly 20,000%.