Checking out at the grocery store requires a new level of personal preparation. The era of carrying your groceries home in thin plastic sacks is rapidly ending across the country. Environmental conservation groups spent years fighting to remove these petroleum-based products from the retail supply chain. Lawmakers are finally taking aggressive action to clean up local landfills and protect the oceans from microplastics. As the new environmental plastic bag rules take effect, the checkout experience is fundamentally changing. Here is exactly how the plastic bag rules will tighten this April and what everyday shoppers will notice at the register.
