California has finally solved its biggest problem. No, not the homelessness or poverty or cost of living or literacy. California has finally solved plastic bag waste. Problem solved? How could it not ...

Thurston County is pushing effort to reduce the number of plastic bags used and you have a chance to make yourself heard. The county is holding a "Community Conversations on Plastic Bags" series of ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. The proposed Dubuque ordinance to discourage merchants from providing plastic bags would have unintended ...

Ten years after California approved a plastic bag ban that’s been blamed for making its plastic bag problem worse, the state is banning single-use plastic grocery bags entirely. In 2014, California ...

It's been more than a decade since California enacted a soft ban on single-use plastic bags at grocery stores and other ...

A Los Angeles Times editorial is asking for a "do over" in the plastic bag ban that actually led to more plastic waste, according to a recent report. After California became the first state in 2016 to ...

The city of Española, at the behest of Mayor John Ramon Vigil, will soon consider adopting a ban on plastic bags like those used at grocery stores. While proponents of such bans typically support them ...

LITTER STREETS, HIGHWAYS. BUT CITY LEADERS NOW SAY WE NEED TO DO BETTER AT RECYCLING PLASTIC. AS THE STORY KMBC NINE INVESTIGATES HAS FOLLOWED FOR MONTHS NOW. TRASH FLYING OUT OF TRUCKS AND COLLECTING ...