SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California would ban all plastic shopping bags in 2026 under a new bill announced Thursday in the state Legislature.
California already bans thin plastic shopping bags at grocery stores and other shops, but shoppers at checkout can purchase bags made with a thicker plastic that purportedly makes them reusable and recyclable.
“It shows that the plastic bag ban that we passed in this state in 2014 did not reduce the overall use of plastic.
That's because most of the state's major cities already ban these types of thicker plastic bags.
As San Francisco's mayor in 2007, Newsom signed the nation's first plastic bag ban.
Persons:
Sen, Catherine Blakespear, “, Mark Murray, Gavin Newsom, Newsom
Organizations:
Democratic, Environment America Research & Policy, Democratic Gov, Francisco's
Locations:
SACRAMENTO, Calif, California, Encinitas