California takes action to cut more plastics waste, including grocery produce bags

One bill on Newsom's desk will affect the plastic bags in the produce and bulk bin sections of grocery stores. If it's signed, starting in 2025, such bags will have to be reusable, recyclable or compostable.

, they’ve ponied up and passed more than a half-dozen new bills that will further reduce and clean up California’s waste stream.

One high-profile bill will affect the plastic bags in the produce and bulk bin sections of grocery stores. Starting in 2025, such bags will have to be reusable, recyclable or compostable. It comes six years after California banned single-use checkout bags from grocery and retail stores. Not surprisingly, some of the bills were met with opposition. The California trade groups that represent growers of apples, strawberries and blueberries were not happy with the thermoform bill.

Also included in the new legislation is a landmark bill that will eliminate a diversion credit municipalities now use to manage waste. “I’m really happy that the bill got through,” said Whitney Amaya, incinerator organizer for Commerce-based East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice. “It’s going to redefine incineration as disposal and bring us one step closer to a zero waste landscape.”

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