Redwood City ready to ban plastic bags | [PDF, 21KB]
Plastic bag ban starts to roll across region | [PDF, 10KB]
Arcata City Council passes plastic bag ban | [PDF, 57KB]

Rare sea turtles eating plastic at record rate | [PDF, 115KB]
WeHo Plastic Bag Ban Goes Into Effect For All Retailers Soon | [PDF, 41KB]

Plastic bag ban takes effect in Glendale | [PDF, 8KB]
Plastic bag era comes to an end in Palo Alto | [PDF, 1KB]

Plastic Bag Ban Finally Coming to Los Altos, Polystyrene Ban Could Be Too | [PDF, 56KB]
Culver City Plastic Bag Ban Now in Effect | [PDF, 117KB]
L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa signs plastic bag ban, finishes term with a flourish | [PDF, 9KB]
Los Angeles to become largest city in U.S. to ban plastic bags | [PDF, 8KB]
Help make Kohima a plastic bag free city | [PDF, 49KB]
California's Waste Bills: Plastic Defeated (For Now); Mattress Passed; Bottles To Senate | [PDF, 56KB]
Ban is finally in the bag | [PDF, 113KB]

Is It Time to Bag the Plastic? | [PDF, 100KB]
Supervisors Support Statewide Plastic Bag Ban | [PDF, 45KB]

Plastic Bag Ban Takes Effect in Much of San Mateo County | [PDF, 37KB]
If England refuses to bring in a plastic bag tax why can't London take the lead? | [PDF, 27KB]
City's Ban on Single-Use Plastic Bags Now in Place | [PDF, 44KB]

Bag Ban Drives Up Bin Liner Sales | [PDF, 33KB]
City Council Makes Plastic Bag Ban Official | [PDF, 25KB]
Plastic Bags to Go the Way of the Dinosaurs in Larchmont | [PDF, 40KB]
Los Altos Plastic Bag Ban Set For July 4 | [PDF, 8KB]

San Carlos becomes latest Peninsula city to ban plastic carryout bags | [PDF, 8KB]
HMB bans plastic bags, rules to take effect in April | [PDF, 25KB]
Plastic Bag Ban To Go Into Effect In WeHo | [PDF, 88KB]

Council is United Against Plastic | [PDF, 12KB]
It's BYOB in Belmont (Bring Your Own Bag) | [PDF, 18KB]
Could 2013 spell the end for plastic bags? | [PDF, 32KB]
Plastic Bag Ban Takes Effect in Laguna Beach | [PDF, 69KB]

Culver City to Pursue Regulation Banning Plastic Bags | [PDF, 40KB]

Supes Greenlight Countywide Plastic Bag Ban Model | [PDF, 17KB]
Toronto Plastic Bag Ban Upheld | [PDF, 12KB]
Barrington Approves Plastic Bag Ban | [PDF, 9KB]
Judge Denies Challenge to San Luis Obispo County Bag Ban | [PDF, 64KB]
Haiti Imposes Ban on Plastic Bags | [PDF, 80KB]

Plastic Bag Ban Starts Monday | [PDF, 71KB]

Homer City Council Votes to Ban Most Plastic Shopping Bags | [PDF, 68KB]

Pasadena goes paper (or reusable): Plastic bag ban begins Sunday | [PDF, 82KB]
Australian states seek federal ban on plastic bags | [PDF, 23KB]
Plastic bag ban redux: Restrictions on single-use bags gain committee approval | [PDF, 4KB]
Issaquah Council Approves Plastic Bag Ban | [PDF, 350KB]

L.A. City Council Approves Plastic Bags Ban, 10-Cent Fee for Paper Bags | [PDF, 615KB]
LA Council moves to ban plastic grocery bags | [PDF, 50KB]
Fort Bragg, Calif., bans plastic bags | [PDF, 21KB]
Plastic Bags Banned on All Hawaiian Islands | [PDF, 51KB]

Plastic bag ban in high-desert discount grocery store | [PDF, 3KB]
Watsonville bags plastic carryalls: City joins county in new retail rules | [PDF, 3KB]
SeaWorld theme parks to get rid of plastic shopping bags | [PDF, 18KB]
Ojai, Calif., passes plastic bag ban | [PDF, 16KB]
Bainbridge bans plastic bags | [PDF, 19KB]
Ojai gives final approval to ban on plastic shopping bags | [PDF, 17KB]
L.A. may jump aboard plastic bag ban wagon | [PDF, 70KB]
Mountain towns banning plastic bags at grocery stores | [PDF, 95KB]

Bag ban going strong | [PDF, 62KB]
Few Complain to City about Bag Ban | [PDF, 42KB]
Carpinteria Bans Single-Use Plastic Bags Across the Board | [PDF, 66KB]
All Cities In On County-Wide Plastic Bag Ban | [PDF, 326KB]
Dana Point Passes a Plastic Bag Ban | [PDF, 6KB]
Austin Passes Bag Ban | [PDF, 426KB]

Belmont to Join County in Banning the Bag | [PDF, 35KB]

Alameda County plastic bag ban begins next year | [PDF, 61KB]
Big Island of Hawai'i Latest to Ban Plastic Bags | [PDF, 55KB]
Petition to force vote on Seattle's plastic-bag ban crumples | [PDF, 61KB]
Board votes yes to plastic bag ban in San Luis Obispo County | [PDF, 9KB]

Plastic bag ban extends to smaller stores | [PDF, 15KB]
Buyers, Beware: County's Plastic Bag Ban Expands to Small Stores Next Month | [PDF, 104KB]

San Francisco Delays Decision on Expanding Plastic Bag Ban | [PDF, 24KB]

Carbondale board bans the bag | [PDF, 27KB]
Plastic bag ban: Portland stores and customers prepare for tomorrow's switch to paper sacks at checkout | [PDF, 45KB]
Carpinteria Council Adopts Citywide Ban on Single-Use Shopping Bags | [PDF, 128KB]

Judge OKs Marin's plastic bag ban | [PDF, 44KB]
Santa Cruz County bans plastic bags, imposes fee on paper bags | [PDF, 10KB]

Are Paper Bags Really That Much Better Than Plastic? | [PDF, 29KB]
Plastic Bags Banned, East Hampton Village follows Southampton's lead | [PDF, 83KB]

Plastic bag ban begins today in LB | [PDF, 5KB]
CA high court OKs Manhattan Beach plastic bag ban | [PDF, 16KB]
City Council approves plastic shopping bag ban | [PDF, 18KB]
Los Angeles County Plastic Bag Ban Effective July 1st | [PDF, 25KB]
Plastic-bag ban begins in unincorporated Los Angeles County | [PDF, 39KB]

Calabasas Grocers Prepare for Plastic Bag Ban | [PDF, 118KB]
Outside The City? No Single-Use Plastic Bags For You After Friday | [PDF, 38KB]
Get Free, Reusable Bags in Lieu of Plastic Ones | [PDF, 29KB]
Ban on plastic grocery bags takes effect July 1 in unincorporated L.A. County | [PDF, 107KB]
Getting Ready for the July 1 Plastic Bag Ban | [PDF, 28KB]
Looming county bag ban pushes shoppers to reusable totes | [PDF, 5KB]
From the Heartland: Freedom Bags | [PDF, 38KB]

UPDATE: Council Approves Plastic Bag Ban | [PDF, 139KB]
Maryland county passes tax on plastic and paper bags | [PDF, 12KB]

Southampton Village bans plastic bags | [PDF, 15KB]
Santa Clara County supervisors ban plastic bags | [PDF, 5KB]
SeaWorld Bags cans plastic bags at theme park | [PDF, 38KB]
Spring Cleaning: Albertsons moves to eliminate plastic, paper bags | [PDF, 15KB]

Battle of the (bag) bans | [PDF, 32KB]
Plastic Shopping Bag Ban Begins in Santa Monica | [PDF, 28KB]

'Bag It!' Hits Home on 'Throwaway' Lifestyle | [PDF, 67KB]
What's in store, Fresh & Easy locations get EPA certification | [PDF, 9KB]
Maui's Plastic Bag Ban Working to Clean Up the Beaches | [PDF, 65KB]
Plastic Bags Sacked in Calabasas | [PDF, 178KB]

Businesses on Board With Proposed Plastic Bag Ban | [PDF, 14KB]
Bulgaria Joins Growing Fight Against Plastic Bags | [PDF, 166KB]
City of Brownsville Prepares for Plastic Bag Ban Wednesday | [PDF, 59KB]

A Day Without a Bag Discourages Disposables | [PDF, 36KB]
In Malibu Few People Miss Those Plastic Bags | [PDF, 76KB]

COUNTY TO BAN PLASTIC SHOPPING BAGS IN UNINCORPORATED AREAS | [PDF, 22KB]
L.A. County passes sweeping ban on plastic bags | [PDF, 82KB]
Wow: China's Free Bag Ban Reduced Consumption by 50 Percent | [PDF, 72KB]
L.A. County Board of Supervisors to Consider Plastic Bag Ban | [PDF, 2,158KB]

Another U.S. City Bans Plastic Shopping Bags | [PDF, 167KB]
Tumbulgum Ban Plastic Bags | [PDF, 60KB]

Fresh & Easy Promotes Reusable Bags Over Plastic, Paper | [PDF, 16KB]
Garza: Plastic bags are never truly free | [PDF, 30KB]
American Samoa Law to Ban Plastic Bags Next Year | [PDF, 14KB]

County Report Supports Ordinances Banning Plastic Bags | [PDF, 177KB]
San Francisco Might Expand Plastic-Bag Ban | [PDF, 11KB]

Environmental Group Moves to Ban Plastic Bags | [PDF, 176KB]
Plastic Bag Ban Moves on to Senate Committee | [PDF, 298KB]

Two Months Until Edmonds Bag Ban: City Touts 'Bring Your Own' Winners | [PDF, 61KB]
Banning Plastic Grocery Bags | [PDF, 69KB]
Half of UAE's Falaj Mualla Camels Choked on Plastic Bags | [PDF, 1,775KB]
A Ban On Plastic Bags Will Benefit Us All | [PDF, 22KB]
Tim Grobaty: Bagging Greener Habits as Plastic Bows Out | [PDF, 150KB]
Ban Plastic Bags in California? It's Not so Hard to Adjust | [PDF, 62KB]
And They Said It Wouldn't Catch On | [PDF, 25KB]
Calif. Moves To Ban Plastic Bags At Grocery Stores | [PDF, 2,420KB]

California poised to ban plastic bags | [PDF, 90KB]

Plastic Bag Ban Becomes Part of Westport Culture | [PDF, 37KB]
Plastic, Golf Ball, Gloves, Towels Found in Dead Whale | [PDF, 22KB]
Paper or Plastic or Neither | [PDF, 12KB]
Santa Cruz County Greenlights Plastic Bag Ban | [PDF, 24KB]
Santa Clara County Supervisors Vote to Ban Plastic and Paper Bags | [PDF, 33KB]

Plastic Grocery Bag, Foam Container Bans Could be Coming to Central County | [PDF, 181KB]
Report may encourage Calif. cities to ban plastic bags, place fees on others | [PDF, 24KB]

Coast Shoppers Express Feelings Over Plastic | [PDF, 47KB]
Oakland Farmers Markets Ban Plastic Bags | [PDF, 592KB]
Big-Box Bag Ban: Three-Month Experiment Prepares Customers to Bring Their Own Bags | [PDF, 13KB]
State Mulls Ban on Import of Plastic Bags | [PDF, 68KB]
Brownsville Passes Plastic Bag Ban | [PDF, 24KB]

A Day Without a Bag seeks to reduce 6 billion plastic bags use in L.A. each year | [PDF, 134KB]
Bag Ban Approved for 2010 | [PDF, 38KB]
Japan to Help Myanmar Produce Energy From Plastic Waste | [PDF, 94KB]

L.A. County Starts 'Brag About Your Bag' Campaign | [PDF, 15KB]
PNG Bans Plastic Bag Imports | [PDF, 45KB]
'Britain Should Introduce a Plastax,' Says Holland & Barrett CEO | [PDF, 26KB]
Nine of 10 Shoppers Respond to Single-Use Bag Ban | [PDF, 16KB]

Target, CVS put plastic bags in the bull's-eye, pay for reusables | [PDF, 17KB]
Report Calls for Bag Ban - Paper and Plastic | [PDF, 19KB]
'No Plastic Mondays' a Success | [PDF, 13KB]
Baldwin Academy initiative encourages kids to `bag' plastic bags | [PDF, 58KB]

500 Plastic Shopping Bags Per Person, Per Year!!! | [PDF, 23KB]
San Jose's Big Bag Ban Started Small | [PDF, 613KB]
Palo Alto Launches Reusable-Bag Campaign | [PDF, 58KB]
Plastic Bags Found to Severely Threaten Bay | [PDF, 39KB]
Mac Targets January For Plastic Bag Ban | [PDF, 39KB]
Ocean City Environmentalists Want Plastic Bags Banned to Prevent Litter | [PDF, 18KB]
Towns trial blanket ban on plastic bags | [PDF, 208KB]
Plastic-Bag Ban Makes Reusable Fabric Bags Popular | [PDF, 22KB]
Chesham To Take Part In National Plastic Bag Campaign | [PDF, 22KB]

Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch Worries Researchers | [PDF, 19KB]
Mexico City Requires Biodegradable Plastic Bags | [PDF, 31KB]
Study: Plastic Decomposes Quickly At Sea | [PDF, 23KB]
Seattle Voters Reject 20-Cent Grocery Bag Fee | [PDF, 18KB]

'Got Your Bags?' Campaign Kicks Off in San Jose | [PDF, 17KB]
Plastic bags put to good use in Dominican Republic | [PDF, 28KB]
Bagging the fruits of plastic ban | [PDF, 20KB]
Totes hold their own as art | [PDF, 22KB]
End of plastic bag era means relearning some old skills | [PDF, 15KB]
Coalition to promote reusable shopping bags | [PDF, 9KB]
Plastic person teaches real lessons at market | [PDF, 15KB]
Plastic bag tax leads to 85-per-cent drop in use in Hong Kong | [PDF, 12KB]
Plastic bag project launched as charity | [PDF, 22KB]
City's plastic bag ordinance will help educate consumers | [PDF, 29KB]
Paper or plastic? Both will soon cost 5 cents in D.C. | [PDF, 21KB]

City Council Unanimously Approves Reyes' Motion To Ban Plastic Bags in L.A. By 2010 | [PDF, 64KB]
City Council Drops Plastic-Bag Fee In Favor Of A Ban | [PDF, 17KB]

LA council backs 25 cents per plastic bag charge | [PDF, 16KB]
Our View: 25 cents a bag better than a ban | [PDF, 14KB]

Plastic Bag Industry Invests $50m in Recycled Content Bags | [PDF, 16KB]
Santa Clara County panel proposes banning plastic bags | [PDF, 34KB]
US Congress to consider bag tax and bottle deposit | [PDF, 50KB]
Palo Alto sued over plastic-bag ban | [PDF, 544KB]
Battle of the Bags | [PDF, 113KB]
Undeterred, Manhattan Beach looks to curb plastic | [PDF, 19KB]
Study finds plastic 'diet' in leatherback turtles | [PDF, 427KB]
Reducing Ocean Litter | [PDF, 1MB]

Palo Alto passes plastic shopping bag ban; lawsuit looms | [PDF, 33KB]
Recreation Center works for the environment | [PDF, 65KB]
Aquatic trash harvest nets 11.4 million objects | [PDF, 34KB]
Assembly bills propose to reduce ocean litter | [PDF, 14KB]
Dallas lawmaker sponsoring bill to tax plastic bags in Texas | [PDF, 76KB]
Programa de Reduccion y Reciclaje de Las Bolsas Plasticas | [PDF, 1.3MB]

Many Plans to Curtail Use of Plastic Bags, but Not Much Action | [PDF, 20KB]
Judge shelves plastic bag ban | [PDF, 57KB]
Lawmakers to reconsider bill proposing plastic-bag charge | [PDF, 14KB]
Plastics industry pushing against shopping bag fees in Santa Clara County | [PDF, 33KB]
Molina launches green earth initiative | [PDF, 83KB]

How to 'RE-FASHION' Plastic Bags Into Dresses | [PDF, 35KB]
Prison for Plastic? Indian City Initiates Harsh Penalties for Using Plastic Bags | [PDF, 34KB]
H-E-B puts support behind plastic bag legislation | [PDF, 27KB]
Grocer to donate part of 5-cent bag fee to charity | [PDF, 28KB]
Single Use Bag Reduction and Recycling Program | [PDF, 84KB]

L.A., Heal the Bay team for 'Day Without a Bag' | [PDF, 206KB]
Calabasas wrapping up work on plastic bag ordinance | [PDF, 143KB]
Coupons nudge residents to check out reusable bags | [PDF, 65KB]
Los Gatos Town Council votes to support county shopping bag ban | [PDF, 78KB]
Reform Isn't In the Bag | [PDF, 64KB]
Paper or Plastic? | [PDF, 37KB]
State panel floats 'litter tax' to curb debris along coast | [PDF, 55KB]

Significant improvements seen in recycling and reductions in plastic bag use | [PDF, 27KB]
Arizona City Joins Plastic Bag Recycling Program | [PDF, 18KB]
In Mayor's Plan, the Plastic Bag Will Carry a Fee | [PDF, 28KB]
Plastics groups line up against Palo Alto's proposed bag ban | [PDF, 72KB]

City to research potential ban on plastic bags, Styrofoam | [PDF, 18KB]
Whale's death tied to human trash | [PDF, 12KB]

An Inconvenient Bag | [PDF, 22KB]
A Qualitative Study of Grocery Bag Use in San Francisco | [PDF, 5025KB]
Volunteers needed to help cleanup beaches, creeks | [PDF, 28KB]
Group opposing bag fees collects needed signatures | [PDF, 22KB]
County supervisors consider banning plastic and paper bags | [PDF, 15KB]

Impending bag fee brings change to grocery check stands | [PDF, 54KB]
Plastic-bag coalition sues Manhattan | [PDF,22KB]

Fighting the tide of plastic bags in a world awash with waste - CNN | [PDF, 28KB]
A bag-ban experiment - Daily Breeze editorial | [PDF, 28KB]
Slack Sack Attack - Metro Santa Cruz | [PDF, 46KB]

Plastic bag levy of 10c riles shoppers - Herald Sun | [PDF, 19KB]
Region: Plastic-Bag Recycling Law Clears Assembly, Heads for Senate | [PDF, 20KB]
MB Holds Off On Plastic Bag Ban | [PDF, 31KB]
Lawmakers to Charge for Plastic Bag Use | [PDF, 22KB]

Plastic Bag Recycling Ordinance Passes Committee | [PDF, 13KB]
Crafter gives recycling stylish twist | [PDF, 17KB]
Malibu passes plastic bag ban | [PDF, 15KB]
Malibu to require big stores to cease using plastic bags within 6 months | [PDF, 72KB]
Plastic Bags Penalized in China | [PDF, 18KB]

Lawmaker urges 25-cent fee for plastic grocery bags | [PDF, 24KB]
Azusa to curb bag use | [PDF, 21KB]
The Results are in...Over 92% of IKEA Customers Bagged the Plastic Bag! | [PDF, 41KB]
Why it's time to pull the plug on plastic bags | [PDF, 27KB]
Twenty cents for plastic bags | [PDF, 46KB]
Environmentalists call for strict ban on plastic bags | [PDF, 15KB]
Council sets goal for plastic bag reductions | [PDF, 17KB]
Town is officially a plastic bag-free zone | [PDF, 19KB]
Seattle Mayor wants shopping-bag tax; ban on plastic-foam boxes | [PDF, 17KB]
Need plastic bag? Pay! | [PDF, 18KB]
Cityfront: Bagging the plastic | [PDF, 96KB]
Ikea's Plastic Bag Tax: Amazingly Successful | [PDF, 27KB]
Bags a tiny fraction of sea trash | [PDF, 31KB]
'Green monster' hits city | [PDF, 14KB]
States Divided Over Plastic Bag Bans | [PDF, 14KB]
Earth Day to be observed locally | [PDF, 16KB]
Pitch plastic bags; Earth will thank us | [PDF, 15KB]
The green revolution arrives for shopping bags | [PDF, 19KB]

Nassau to require retailers to recycle bags | [PDF, 28KB]
Tide Turns Against Use of Plastic Bags | [PDF, 19KB]
Retailers urged to take action or face levy to cut plastic | [PDF, 36KB]
Peter Garrett embarrassed on plastic bag charge | [PDF, 36KB]

Santa Monica a step closer to banning plastic bags | [PDF, 30KB]
Bring your own bags | [PDF, 22KB]
Plastic bag ban forces closure of factory | [PDF, 22KB]

No plastic bag ban for Ontario | [PDF, 4.5MB]

Part One | [PDF, 47KB]
Part Two | [PDF, 34KB]
Part Three | [PDF, 38KB]
Part Four | [PDF, 34KB]
Part Five | [PDF, 31KB]

Taking Aim at All Those Plastic Bags | [PDF, 17KB]
San Francisco votes to sack plastic bags | [PDF, 16KB]
Plastics 'poisoning world's seas' | [PDF, 18KB]
Recycling Plastic Bags Helps Protect California's Natural Resources | [PDF, 43KB]
Are Plastic Grocery Bags Sacking the Environment? | [PDF, 24KB]
Irish bag tax hailed a success | [PDF, 16KB]
Plastic Bag Pollution | [PDF, 26KB]