California is known for its ban-first-ask-questions-later approach to problems, and in 2014 it was the first state to pass a comprehensive ban on single-use plastic bags. Whoops, plastic in the ...

A law passed in 2022 required producers of plastic foam foodware to demonstrate a recycling rate of 25% by 2025 to continue ...

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California’s ban on Styrofoam will now be enforced after the plastic industry failed to show a 25% recycling rate of the ...

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.

It would appear that plastic bag bans are tailor-made for government intervention. The environmental costs of plastic pollution are not borne by consumers or producers. When these kinds of ...

California’s ban on Styrofoam will now be enforced after the plastic industry failed to show a 25% recycling rate of the material last year. CalRecycle, the state’s department of resources ...