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Beginning Jan. 1, 2026, grocery, pharmacy, liquor and convenience stores in California will not be able to provide any single-use thin plastic bags or even "reusable" plastic film bags. The updated ...

A big change is coming to California supermarkets: The days of a cashier asking “paper or plastic?” are soon to be long gone. Starting Jan. 1, 2026, grocery stores, pharmacies, liquor and convenience ...

Shoppers in Philadelphia may soon need to pay 10 cents for paper bags under a new bill passed by the City Council, aimed at reducing the usage of single-use and plastic bags. The city's mayor has said ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Shoppers in Philadelphia will soon be charged 10 cents for each paper bag they use at stores, following the passage of a new city law that takes effect in January. The ...

Tom Ignudo is a digital content producer at CBS Philadelphia. Before he joined CBS Philadelphia in 2021, Tom covered high school and college sports for the Philadelphia Inquirer. He covers breaking ...

FILE - A person shops for produce at a grocery store in Baltimore, Monday, Nov. 10, 2025. Starting next year, shoppers in Philly will need to pay for paper bags at grocery stores. (AP Photo/Stephanie ...

Shoppers in Philadelphia will have to pay 10 cents for a paper bag or bring their own reusable bag starting next year under a new bill that was passed by City Council. On Sept. 18, 2025, City ...

Announced in an Aug. 21, 2025, press release, International Paper announced the permanent closure of its Savannah, Ga. mill and box plant photographed here on Oct. 22, 2025. Drew Martin ...

It has been four years since Philadelphia’s plastic bag ban went into effect at retail stores, prohibiting establishments from providing customers with single-use plastic bags. Many shoppers now ...

A Philadelphia City Council committee on Monday advanced legislation that would require a 10-cent fee on paper bags, though a member of Mayor Cherelle Parker's administration said he had concerns ...