If you’re having a bit of deja vu over a plastic bag ban, you’re not alone. When Oregon lawmakers passed the first ban in 2019, which prohibited using so-called single-use plastic bags, more than a ...

Kroger made a commitment to its customers and communities a little over six years ago to phase out single-use plastic bags at its family of stores by 2025. In 2018, Kroger announced it would phase out ...

SALEM Ore. (KPTV) - The Oregon legislature has passed a bipartisan bill banning the use of plastic film checkout bags at restaurants, grocery stores and retail stores statewide. Senate Bill 551, ...

Spokane, WA. - Washington state shoppers will have to shell out more money for plastic bags bought at store check-outs in 2026. Starting January 1, the price for a single plastic bag will jump from 8 ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – The Oregon Senate re-passed a bill aiming to completely eliminate plastic bags at all checkouts from grocery stores and restaurants. After originally passing in March, Senate ...

When Oregon banned retailers and restaurants from giving out plastic, single-use checkout bags in 2019, environmental groups hailed it as a big step forward in the fight against plastic waste. The ban ...

This year, California updated its plastic bag ban by allowing grocery stores to offer only paper bags at checkout. Will that ...

Kroger, the multi-state grocery chain headquartered in Cincinnati, made a commitment to its customers and communities a little over six years ago to phase out single use plastic bags at its family of ...