Roughly 10 years after California tried and failed to ban plastic bags at grocery stores, state lawmakers have passed a law that they say will forever end the choice of “paper or plastic” in checkout lanes. “Instead of being asked do you want paper or plastic at checkout, consumers wil...
” said Jenn Engstrom, state director of CALPIRG, a consumer advocacy group. “Californians voted to ban plastic grocery bags in our state almost a decade ago, but the law clearly needed a redo. With the governor’s signature, California has...
The bill doesn't touch bags used to hold meat or produce. Louie Brown with the California Grocers Association said Senate Bill 270 — the bill that implemented the existing grocery bag law — worked initially. Then the Covid-19 pandemic hit, and grocers told customers not to bring reusable ...
Grocery bags: California Governor Gavin Newsom, who signed the first plastic bag ban in the country in 2007, to no avail, just signed atotal plastic bag banin September. UnderSB 1053(Blakespear), California has banned thick single-use plastic film bags from grocery and convenience store checko...
FILE - A plastic bag sits along a roadside in Sacramento, Calif., Oct. 25, 2013. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File) SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) —“Paper or plastic” will no longer be a choice at grocery store checkout lines inCaliforniaunder a new law signed Sunday ...
"Plastic bags create pollution in our environment and break into microplastics that contaminate our drinking water and threaten our health," said the group's director Jenn Engstrom. "Californians voted to ban plastic grocery bags in our state almost a decade ago, but the law clearly needed a ...
California state law (Assembly Bill 2449) requires grocery stores and pharmacies with more than 10,000 square-feet of retail space to provide bins for the collection and recycling of plastic shopping bags. However, supporters of the effort note that research shows that consumer awareness remains ...
“Plastic bags create pollution in our environment and break into microplastics that contaminate our drinking water and threaten our health,” said the group’s director Jenn Engstrom. “Californians voted to ban plastic grocery bags in our state almost a decade ago, but the law clearly needed a...
Today, of course, we usually go to the grocery store to buy our pre-packaged beef or chicken. Of course, some of the most popular pastimes in America involve hunting or fishing. There are many regulations — some local, some state, some federal — involving hunting and fishing. There are...
If at first you don’t succeed, try again. That’s exactly what the California state legislature attempted to do last week, when it passed a law that will eliminate plastic bags from checkout lanes at grocery stores. Haven’t we seen this movie before, you might ask. We have, indeed....