Legislation that would ban retailers from giving any plastic bags to customers in California, including those currently legal as they are deemed recyclable, has passed both chambers of the California state legislature via two separate bills.Two identical bills, AB 2236 and SB 1053, were introduced to the California State Assembly and State Senate respectively.
'CALPIRG argued that the record amount of plastic bag waste created in California in 2021 shows that 'despite the best intentions of the current statewide bag law, Californians are not reusing or recycling them.
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