Governor Gavin Newsom just signed SB 1053, from Sen. Catherine Blakespear (D-Encinitas), into law, which will eliminate plastic bags at California grocery store checkout lanes. Those heavy-duty, ...

California is banning single-use plastic bags at grocery stores and other retailers, after an earlier ban was blamed for making the waste problem worse. Here, a worker pulls a plastic bag from a ...

When Oregon banned retailers and restaurants from giving out plastic, single-use checkout bags in 2019, environmental groups hailed it as a big step forward in the fight against plastic waste. The ban ...

Giant Eagle has reinstated plastic bags at its Erie County stores after removing them in 2022. Giant Eagle uses bags made of 75% recycled material and offers in-store recycling. Plastic bags are back ...

House Bill 392, the Single-Use Plastic Bag Act, proposes establishing a statewide ban on the bags, moving the entire state to join Carlsbad, Las Cruces, Silver City, Santa Fe and Taos in reducing ...

CLEVELAND — One year after debuting a reusable fabric grocery bag at its Cleveland area stores, Giant Eagle is switching back to plastic. The Pittsburgh-based chain will sunset the fabric option and ...

California, Hawaii and New York have all banned plastic bags on the state level. Only three states in the U.S. have passed laws banning single-use plastic bags as the global war on plastic production ...

Plastic bags are back at all four Giant Eagle stores in Erie County. The bags, which were eliminated as an option to mark Earth Day in April of 2022, were returned to Erie-area stores in March, said ...