A new law taking effect on January 1, 2026, in California will ban the use of plastic shopping bags in the state. Sen.

Expanded polystyrene foam, the white fluffy plastic in styrofoam, was banned in food service ware on Jan. 1. But shoppers in ...

Policies aimed at curbing the use of single-use plastic bags have sometimes accomplished the opposite of their intentions, a new study has found.

It's been a decade since California lawmakers first took aim at plastic shopping bags, but that law's failure spurred a new law that Gov. Gavin Newsom signed on Sunday.

A 2017 study from researchers at the University of California ... Some metros have struggled to pass bans on larger types of plastic waste — like grocery bags, cups, and cutlery — due to ...