The state is reviewing draft rules for producers to make single-use packaging and food packaging recyclable and compostable ...

Plastic bags are not biodegradable and pose a huge problem for the environment, the marine ecosystem in particular. These ...

To the editor: Both during the pandemic and again more recently while recuperating from surgery, I have had to rely on delivery service for my groceries, which resulted in my accruing of those thick ...

Hundreds of bills signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom are set to take effect in California in 2026. The list, most of which take effect Thursday, include a minimum wage increase, a ban on plastic ...

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You won’t be hearing that common question at California grocery stores any more starting Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026. That’s when a new statewide ban on plastic bags goes into effect. Senate Bill 1053, ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill banning plastic bags from grocery store checkouts, including the thicker, "reusable" bags that stores switched to after an earlier ban. “We deserve a cleaner ...

Food vendors at Stockton University provide only paper bags for takeaway food orders on April 5, 2022 at Stockton University in Galloway, NJ as New Jersey moves to ban single-use plastic bags. Food ...

Two weeks after the state increased the fee for reusable plastic bags, lawmakers are considering competing legislation that ...

Allie has been Lifehacker’s Food Writer since 2021. She earned her bachelor’s degree at Ithaca College in drama and studied at the Institute of Culinary Education to earn her diploma in Pastry and ...