CHECKOUT is about to change, with a new 2026 rule set to cut off plastic bags and add extra costs at the register.
Retailers that break the rule could be hit with daily penalties that climb as high as $5,000.
The crackdown is in Napa County, California, where officials voted to ban plastic carryout bags in the county’s unincorporated areas.
Napa County’s Board of Supervisors approved the update after closing a loophole that let many stores hand out thicker plastic bags marketed as reusable…