{"id":383000,"date":"2026-01-02T05:34:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T05:34:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/383000\/"},"modified":"2026-01-02T05:34:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T05:34:07","slug":"californias-tighter-plastic-bag-ban-takes-effect-leaving-shoppers-with-fewer-options-butte-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/383000\/","title":{"rendered":"California\u2019s tighter plastic bag ban takes effect, leaving shoppers with fewer options | Butte County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                                &#13;<\/p>\n<p>California\u2019s tightened plastic bag ban took full effect Thursday, leaving shoppers with fewer options at checkout \u2014 and mixed feelings about what comes next.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                    &#13;<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"71\" data-end=\"231\">CHICO, Calif. &#8211; California\u2019s tightened plastic bag ban took full effect Thursday, leaving shoppers with fewer options at checkout \u2014 and mixed feelings about what comes next.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"233\" data-end=\"448\">Under Senate Bill 1053, most grocery and retail stores statewide may now offer only reusable bags or recycled paper bags, which cost at least 10 cents each. Traditional single-use plastic bags are no longer allowed.<\/p>\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"California&#x2019;s tighter plastic bag ban takes effect, leaving shoppers with fewer options\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full blur\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/695700fdc87f2.image.jpg\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"113\" width=\"200\"\/><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"450\" data-end=\"628\">At Winco In Chico, some shoppers arrived prepared, bringing their own reusable bags. Others improvised, reusing plastic bags they had saved from previous trips.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"630\" data-end=\"764\">\u201cI recycle them. I use them all the time,\u201d one shopper said, referring to plastic bags brought from home. \u201cLess resources are wasted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"766\" data-end=\"913\">Many customers said they understand the intent of the law, noting plastic bags are often discarded after a single use and can harm the environment.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"915\" data-end=\"1048\">\u201cI\u2019ll miss the plastic bags because they\u2019re better than the paper bags,\u201d another shopper said. \u201cBut it\u2019s better for the environment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1050\" data-end=\"1190\">Still, the transition has not been seamless. Several shoppers said paper bags present practical problems \u2014 especially during winter weather, saying paper bags lack durability.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1487\" data-end=\"1653\">\u201cI don\u2019t like it because paper bags just aren\u2019t durable, especially when it starts raining,\u201d the shopper said. \u201cOnce it gets wet, everything is going to break apart.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1655\" data-end=\"1797\">Paper bags continue to cost 10 cents apiece, but some shoppers are opting to skip bags altogether \u2014 particularly when buying only a few items.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1799\" data-end=\"1871\">\u201cWe don\u2019t need them,\u201d one customer said, carrying groceries out by hand.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1873\" data-end=\"2153\">State officials say the law is aimed at reducing plastic waste while encouraging consumers to shift toward reusable options. Even paper bags will face stricter standards in the coming years. By 2028, paper bags sold in California must contain at least 50 percent recycled content.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2155\" data-end=\"2219\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">For now, shoppers are adjusting \u2014 one bag, or no bag, at a time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; California\u2019s tightened plastic bag ban took full effect Thursday, leaving shoppers with fewer options at checkout \u2014&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":383001,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[14881,192,3729,79,452],"class_list":{"0":"post-383000","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"tag-butte-county","9":"tag-environment","10":"tag-local","11":"tag-science","12":"tag-top-stories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383000","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=383000"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383000\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/383001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=383000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=383000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=383000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}