Grocery shoppers are being greeted by a new line on their receipts, a small checkout fee that can quietly snowball into a meaningful hit to the monthly food budget. A 10 cent charge on paper carryout ...

Chelsea have been charged by the FA after a plastic bottle was thrown at the Aston Villa bench during their Premier League meeting last month. Late in the game, a bottle was thrown at Stamford Bridge ...

(The Center Square) – A new law is closing what some officials have called a loophole in California’s plastic bag ban. Senate Bill 1053 was passed and signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom in 2024, but ...

It's out with the plastic and in with the paper this year in Montgomery County, Maryland. A new plastic bag ban took effect New Year's Day with mixed reaction from shoppers. "I mean, as I was packing ...

Single-use and thick "reusable" plastic bags are now banned at all California grocery stores and pharmacies as of Jan. 1 to close previous environmental loopholes. Shoppers must bring their own bags ...

A statewide ban on single-use plastic bags at checkouts in grocery stores took effect Jan. 1. The bill, SB 1053 authored by state Sen. Catherine Blakespear, bolsters existing state law that allowed ...

Legislation authored by state Sen. Catherine Blakespear that bans the sale of thick, reusable plastic bags at grocery checkouts will take effect on Jan. 1. The Encinitas Democrat’s legislation, passed ...

California shoppers will have one less decision to make at the checkout counter as of Jan. 1, as the state enacts a ban on all single-use plastic bags at the point of sale. The new policy closes a ...

New laws go into effect every year, but few have as broad an impact on California consumers as the state’s full ban on plastic grocery store bags, which takes effect Thursday. Shoppers are already ...

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — Starting Jan. 1, plastic shopping bags will no longer be available at grocery stores under a new state law. “I’m not a fan,” said Nicholas Tran, co-owner of Vien Dong 4 ...

Many supermarkets and grocery stores in greater Los Angeles that I shop at have made plastics non grata at checkout for several months, but starting Jan. 1, 2026, it’s official: Shoppers won’t be able ...

NEW YORK – After more snow bombarded the Great Lakes, portions of New York could see feet of snow on New Year’s Day, as gusty northwest winds from the east will continue to usher in cold air, creating ...