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New Year Brings Plastic Bag Bans to States


Plastic shopping bags banned at California grocery stores after ...

. This new legislation builds on the state's existing ban on thin plastic bags ... year in 2004 to 11 pounds in 2021. According to ...

Ban on single-use plastic bags takes effect Jan. 1, unless it doesn't

Gov. Jay Inslee signed a reusable bag bill — a plastic bag ban — into law in March after it passed in both the House and Senate. The state ...

Complete plastic bag ban clears California Senate

A bill that expands California's bag ban to prohibit all plastic bags – even the reusable recycled-content bags that are a major driver of ...

New law bans plastic bags from grocery stores in California - YouTube

The days of paper or plastic are coming to an end in California, starting January 2026 due to a new law signed by Governor Newsom Sunday.

New Analysis Shows Plastic Bag Bans Prevent Plastic Pollution

A new Ocean Conservancy analysis shows a 29% reduction in plastic grocery bags on beaches following increased statewide plastic bag bans.

California updates statewide plastic grocery bag ban due to ...

"The bag ban required film plastic bags to contain specified percentages of post-consumer recycled content and be recyclable in the state," the ...

New research suggests plastic bag bans are driving down debris

According to Washington-based Ocean Conservancy, volunteer trash collectors found 29% fewer plastic bags on U.S. beaches in 2022 and 2023, ...

Plastic Bag Bans and Pushback - Living on Earth

A decade ago California became the first US state to ban single-use plastic bags, and eleven states followed suit. But some 18 other states ...

Banning Straws and Bags Won't Solve our Plastic Problem

It seems to be the summer of plastic bans. Starbucks, Hyatt, the city of Seattle and others have all committed to phase out plastic straws.

Why California legislators want to ban more plastic bags - CalMatters

If the new measure becomes law, stores would be required by Jan. 1, 2026 to provide recycled paper bags or reusable bags that are non-film ...

Plastic bag bans can sometimes backfire: Study - FOX 2

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

A Brief History of Plastic Bag Bans | Wisconsin Converting, Inc.

San Francisco was the first US city to completely ban plastic bags, passing a law forbidding them in 2007. The entire state of California banned ...

The Pros and Cons of Plastic Bag Bans - Dumpsters.com

In 2020, statewide plastic bag laws became active in Maine, New York, Oregon and Vermont, with Connecticut and Delaware joining in 2021.

New Zealand becomes first country to ban plastic produce bags at ...

Are Plastic Bag Bans Garbage? ... As of 2021, eight U.S. states — California, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Maine, New York, Oregon and Vermont — ...

Plastic bag bans can increase or reduce plastic use. Here's why

The same thing has happened in California. The year its bag ban was passed, Californians threw away 157,385 tons of plastic bags. In 2022 that ...

How do I start a plastic bag ban in my state? - Reddit

We tried for 10 years to pass a plastic bag ban or tax, every year something new was added or removed to try and get something to pass. What ...

Plastic Bag Ban—What Happened? - Ocean Blue Project

Following in the footsteps of California, seven other states also put a plastic bag ban in place. Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Maine, New York, Oregon, and ...

Where are Plastic Bags Banned Around the World?​ [INFOGRAPHIC]

10 U.S. states (AZ, FL, IA, ID, IN, MI, MN, MO, MS, WI) have places preemptive bans on banning plastic bags. ~200 U.S. municipalities have ...

California inspired a wave of plastic bag bans — with a big loophole

California finally fixed its ban, but at least five other states still allow the distribution of extra-thick "reusable" plastic bags.

Plastic bag bans can sometimes backfire: Study | FOX8 WGHP

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