San Francisco's plastic bag ban expands in October

A San Francisco-based organization called the Save the Plastic Bag Coalition has fought the ban every step of the way. The group filed a lawsuit ...

Sept 16 - SF's Bag Ordinance Expands In October

On Oct. 1, restaurants in San Francisco will be restricted from handing out single-use plastic bags for take out and delivery, according to cbslocal.com.

San Francisco Checkout Bag Ordinance Factsheet

The Board of Supervisors has now passed legislation to expand the non-compostable plastic bag ban. s. The new legislation... expands the ban* to include all ...

San Francisco Expanded Bag Ban

In February 2012 the Board of Supervisors gave approval to expand the city's plastic bag ban to all retail stores and restaurants and impose the 10-cent ...

San Francisco Checkout Bag Policy Factsheet Plastic bags are a ...

Board of Supervisors has now passed legislation to expand the non-compostable plastic bag ban. The legislation does NOT apply to: • Bags used for bulk items, ...

S.F Expands Plastic Bag Ban - California Grocers Association

Shoppers in San Francisco will have to pay 10 cents per bag and more retailers are now banned from handing out plastic bags under a proposal approved ...

San Francisco's Plastic Bag Ban Expands To Restaurants Next Month

Restaurants will have to switch to compostable plastic, paper bags or reusable bags by the October 1st deadline. Violators can face fines ...

Judge upholds S.F.'s plastic bag law, clears way for ban, 10-cent ...

... San Francisco to begin enforcing the ordinance, as planned, beginning Oct. ... expand the checkout bag ordinance. This is a huge ... Categories Defending S.F. Laws, ...

San Francisco Expands Plastic-bag Ban | Salon.com

San Francisco already bans large grocery stores and chain pharmacies from using plastic bags, which are blamed for clogging landfills and ...

San Francisco Plastic Bag Ban Expanded With Unanimous Vote By ...

While San Francisco has prohibited the use of plastic bags at large supermarkets and chain pharmacies since 2007, this new ban will apply to all ...

Judge Upholds San Francisco's Expanded Plastic Bag Ban - CBS ...

The ordinance, set to go into effect Oct. 1, will expand a 2007 law banning supermarkets and chain store pharmacies from providing single-use, non-compostable ...

The San Francisco Bag Ban | 1 Bag at a Time

This act prohibited fees of any kind on plastic carry out bags in California. The prohibition on bag fees expired in 2012. In that year, San Francisco expanded ...

Expanded ban on plastic bags, new 10-cent bag fee takes effect ...

Expanded ban on plastic bags, new fee in effect. kgo. By ABC7. Monday, October 1, 2012. SAN FRANCISCO. A new ordinance approved by the Board of Supervisors in ...

San Francisco might expand plastic-bag ban - Los Angeles Times

When San Francisco became the first city in the country to ban plastic bags at big grocery and drug stores, it ignited a fierce debate over just ...

List of Local Bag Bans - Californians Against Waste

On April 2, 2013, the City of East Palo Alto adopted the San Mateo County's Reusable Bag Ordinance of a single-use plastic bag ban with a charge on paper or ...

Calif. governor signs law banning plastic grocery bags

With the Governor's signature, California has finally banned plastic bags in grocery checkout lanes once and for all.” As San Francisco's mayor ...

San Francisco Bans Plastic Bags - WSJ

By expanding the plastic-bag ban to smaller shops and restaurants—and imposing a paper-bag fee—San Francisco will go beyond other big cities.

Newly passed laws in California will ban all plastic bags from ... - NPR

California is now the first state in the country to ban all plastic bags — including recyclable bags — from grocery stores. Take-out containers ...

Gavin Newsom Bans All Plastic Shopping Bags at Grocery Stores

Newsom's commitment to reducing plastic waste is not new; he signed the nation's first plastic bag ban as mayor of San Francisco in 2007. His ...

Court Upholds San Francisco's Extended,Single-Use Plastic Bag ...

SAN FRANCISCO—A California Superior Court judge has upheld the expansion of San Francisco's single-use plastic bag ban that will apply to ...