Two big moves from state officials this week target the future of recycling. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill banning the use of plastic bags, and Attorney General Rob Bonta is suing ExxonMobil for ...

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 ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Plastic waste is one of the leading causes of pollution and, increasingly, cities are around the Bay Area are stepping up to ban plastic waste. San Francisco's legislation went ...

Hampshire is a family physician in San Diego, trained with ecoAmerica as a climate health ambassador, and serves on the Public Health Advisory Council with San Diego’s Climate Action Campaign. She ...

Superior Court Judge Teri Jackson has rejected arguments from plastic bag manufacturers and upheld a San Francisco ordinance that would ban plastic bags in retail locations and food establishments in ...

SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — A report from Greenpeace shows only a small fraction of the plastic we think we're recycling is actually getting recycled. The rest of it is diverted to landfills or incinerators.

As of Aug. 1, San Antonio will no longer accept plastic bags, dry cleaner bags and other forms of what’s known as plastic film for recycling, even if they’re neatly bundled. You’ll get a couple of ...

A woman hauls groceries to her car in San Francisco. The city has required stores to replace plastic bags with ones made of material that can be composted.DAVID PAUL MORRIS/GETTY IMAGES Just when ...

The two largest cities in California have passed laws that put new limits on single-use plastics. Both the Los Angeles and San Diego city councils passed the ordinances on Dec. 6. The cities will ban ...

(KRON) — A body was found wrapped in plastic on a road Wednesday evening in San Leandro, according to California Highway Patrol (CHP). Around 6:56 p.m., officers were dispatched to a call about a ...

You probably haven’t heard the name, but you’ve likely seen them on or near San Diego County’s beaches. “They’re about the size of a fish egg,” Mark O’Connor, the co-leader of Surfrider San Diego ...