However, the data did not show this. In the end, consumers ended up buying more paid plastic bags.' Choi and his team speculate that consumers continue to buy plastic bags even though they have to ...

During a single week, 72 percent of respondents declined offers to purchase plastic bags at stores, and 94 percent had their own shopping bags, according to the survey's results announced by the ...

Under the expanded law signed by Newsom, any and all plastic bags will be banned from grocery stores, permitting stores to let customers use their own reusable bags or buy a paper bag. There's ...

According to NPR, the new law will require people to pay at least 10 cents for a paper bag, use a reusable one, or hand-carry their purchase. Though California passed a plastic bag ban in 2014 ...

Plastic grocery bags are a significant contributor to global plastic pollution, and California is taking a big step up in ...

Polythene is a ubiquitous plastic, found in everything from plastic bags to food packaging ... or stiff and lacks comfort then consumers won't buy the product, and therefore, the fibre has ...

The fee for plastic shopping bags in England will be doubled to 10p ... six and 10 bags for life at his home but did sometimes purchase carriers when he forgot them. The increase in charge for ...

Unfortunately, the ban led to a loophole in which stores were able to sell thicker plastic bags. According to CalRecyle, the ...

He had intended to purchase some necessities, but later found out that no plastic bags would be provided at checkout. Noticing plastic bags at the counter, Li tried asking if he could purchase the ...

I was recently down in the USA, down there they put your groceries in clean sanitary plastic bags at no charge and if you buy ...

California’s plastic grocery bag waste actually increased after the first ban went into effect, according to the state’s ...