SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- San Francisco was the first city in the nation to get rid of single use plastic bags in 2007. In 2014, the rest of the state would also ban the so-called urban tumbleweed.

Plastic straws have become a point of contention. Many cities and states have banned them because they end up in landfills, city streets (and sometimes even in sea turtles’ nostrils). But the bans ...

Two popular specialty grocers — the discount chain Aldi and the produce-driven Sprouts Farmers Market — vowed to eliminate single-use plastic bags in their stores by the end of 2023. Two weeks into ...

A few months ago Nick Gross wouldn’t have thought twice about taking reusable bags with him when he went grocery shopping. In fact, he wouldn't have thought about it at all. Now, most of the time he ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — Two bills aiming to ...

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — A state bill to close a loophole in California’s single-use plastic bag ban that allows for stores to distribute a “recyclable” alternative passed through its first hurdle.

Big stores exploited a loophole in a law that took effect in January 2021 and gave away thicker plastic bags that many customers have stockpiled. Bob Hayman has accumulated lots of thick reusable ...

The idea is simple: Reduce plastic waste by requiring shoppers to bring their own reusable bags. The reality is messy. Plastic bag bans have spread across the nation, but some data suggests that ...

Campaigners say these bag hoards are creating fresh environmental problems, with reusable bags having a much higher carbon footprint than thin plastic bags. According to one eye-popping estimate, a ...