Marin County Poised To Approve Plastic Bag Ban
SAN RAFAEL (KCBS) – Marin County was poised to become the next Bay Area jurisdiction to ban plastic bags. The proposed ordinance would also impose a service charge on the use of each paper bag. KCBS’...
View ArticleSan Jose City Council Considers Plastic Bag Ban
SAN JOSE (AP) — San Jose could become the largest California city to ban disposable plastic bags. The San Jose City Council is expected to vote Tuesday on a measure to ban single-use plastic bags and...
View ArticleSan Jose City Council Approves Plastic Bag Ban
SAN JOSE (BCN) — The San Jose City Council Tuesday night approved a proposal to ban single-use plastic bags and prohibit retailers from giving out paper bags unless they have recycled content. The...
View ArticleDaly City Councilman To Propose Plastic Bag Ban
DALY CITY (KCBS) – Daly City could become the latest Bay Area community to ban plastic bags at large stores if a city councilman’s proposal is approved. Supporters of plastic bags, meanwhile, said...
View ArticleSanta Clara County Approves Plastic Bag Ban
SAN JOSE (CBS SF) – The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors Tuesday morning approved an ordinance that bans plastic bags and most single-use paper bags in the county’s unincorporated areas. The...
View ArticleSan Francisco Mayor Supports Mandatory Charge On Paper Grocery Bags
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS)— San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee supports a proposed mandatory charge on paper bags provided at store check-out counters and has called it a good way to “modify behavior.” The...
View ArticleSan Jose Plastic Bag Ban Starts On Sunday
SAN JOSE (KCBS) – The ban on single-use plastic shopping bags that takes effect in San Jose on Jan. 1 applies to all retailers, not just grocery stores. The city will also require stores to charge 10...
View ArticleOpponents Sue Over Plastic Bag Ban in Marin
SAN JOSE (CBS SF) – Buying groceries in unincorporated Marin County? You won’t be taking your goodies home in a plastic bag anymore, because of a plastic bag ban now in effect. But is there a chance...
View ArticleSan Jose’s Strict Plastic Bag Ban Seen As Business Opportunity
SAN JOSE (KCBS) – On January 1st, one of the toughest plastic bag bans in the country went into effect in San Jose. While some shoppers are complaining about the new rules, others see a business...
View ArticleSan Francisco Mayor Supports Ramping Up Plastic Bag Ban
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) – The San Francisco Board of Supervisors will consider legislation to force merchants to charge for shopping bags, and to ban plastic bags at all stores in the city. San Francisco...
View ArticleSan Francisco Supes Approve Shopping Bag Fee, Expand Plastic Bag Ban
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – A proposal to institute a fee for each paper bag provided at a store in San Francisco and also expand the city’s ban on plastic bags was unanimously approved by the Board of...
View Article1 Million Gallons Of Trash Flow Into SF Bay Every Year
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) – The equivalent of 100,000 kitchen trash bags full of garbage flows into the San Francisco Bay from storm drains every year, according to a study released Thursday. That figure...
View ArticleSan Francisco Sued Over Plastic Bag Ban
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) – San Francisco is being sued over its recently expanded ban on plastic bags. Earlier this month, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted to expand the city’s ban on plastic...
View ArticleLawsuit Challenges San Francisco Plastic Bag Ban
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) - San Francisco’s ban on plastic bags is being challenged in court on the grounds that the city needed to examine the environmental impacts of imposing such a ban, according to a...
View ArticleJudge Upholds San Francisco’s Expanded Plastic Bag Ban
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — A judge upheld a law that is scheduled to go into effect next month that would extend San Francisco’s ban on the use of plastic bags in retail establishments, according to the...
View ArticleSanta Cruz Set To Ban Plastic Bags For To-Go Food In Restaurants
SANTA CRUZ (CBS/AP) — Santa Cruz was set to be among the first counties in the state to ban restaurants from using plastic bags for to-go food. The county’s Board of Supervisors voted on Tuesday to put...
View ArticleAlameda County Joins Plastic Bag Ban
Starting January 1, 2013, grocery stores and many other retailers in Alameda County will no longer provide single-use plastic carryout bags at checkout. The Reusable Bag Ordinance affects all grocery...
View Article12 San Mateo County Cities Enact Plastic Bag Bans On Earth Day
SAN MATEO COUNTY (CBS SF) — A dozen San Mateo County cities celebrated Earth Day on Monday by implementing plastic bag bans. Grocery stores, retail shops and pharmacies in 12 Peninsula cities and...
View ArticleCalifornia State Senate Rejects Plastic Bag Ban
SACRAMENTO (CBS/AP) – State senators rejected a bill Thursday that would have phased out the use of single-use plastic checkout bags in grocery, drug and convenience stores. Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Los...
View ArticleL.A. Joins San Francisco, San Jose In Banning Plastic Bags
LOS ANGELES (CBS/AP) — Los Angeles joined San Francisco and San Jose on Tuesday, as all three of the state’s largest cities will now ban free plastic bags in grocery stores. The L.A. City Council voted...
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