Blakespear’s bill to stop plastic bags passes committee
REGION — A bill written by Sen. Catherine Blakespear, D-Encinitas, to ban plastic bags at grocery store checkouts passed the Senate Environmental Quality Committee Wednesday....
Plastic bags
The self-serving plastic bag props
Every few years, an industry for self-serving reasons tries to exploit California’s loose rules for putting propositions on its ballot....
Oceanside looks to be in favor of a plastic bag ban
Oceanside will likely have a plastic bag ban in place by the end of the year....
Bag ban workshop uncovers more problems than plastic
A community workshop at the Crown Heights Community Resource Center on Tuesday uncovered more problems than markets distributing plastic bags....
Outreach for bag ban getting under way
With the first reading of an ordinance to ban single-use plastic bags scheduled to go before the City Council in about a month, the group...
Oceanside looks beyond the city’s Day Without a Bag
Oceanside has set Dec. 17 as this year’s Day Without a Bag, but the city Zero Waste Team and Utilities Commission are hoping to end...
Council to consider proposed bag ban
ENCINITAS — The Encinitas City Council will consider a proposed ban on single-use plastic bags at Wednesday’s council meeting....
Council majority opts for bag ban exemption plan
ENCINITAS — The Encinitas City Council met two environmentally conscious proposals with contrasting reactions Wednesday night....
Day Without a Bag’s message: reduce first, then recycle
OCEANSIDE — A whopping 5,000 reusable bags are set to be handed out at Oceanside’s Farmers Market and Sunset Market to honor Day Without a...
Del Mar Bag ban discussed but not likely
DEL MAR — With Solana Beach planning to revisit at least one provision of its plastic bag ban, neighboring Del Mar is looking into a...
