Bag ban.

• Position: STATELINE - Plastic bag use in California - Brief article

California is getting closer to approving a measure that would make it the first state to ban grocery, convenience and other stores from handing out single-use plastic and paper bags. The measure passed the Assembly in June and is now in the Senate. The law, a first for the country, would take effect in 2012. It would require shoppers who don't bring their own bags to buy either paper bags made of at least 40 percent recycled material or reusable...