Honolulu County News

Los Angeles may have recently become the largest city to ban plastic bags , but Hawaii just knocked it out of the park by banning plastic bags statewide! Honolulu County just joined the ranks of the ban, making every city in the state part of the plastic bag ban.

This month's move by Honolulu County bans non-biodegradable plastic bags at checkout, along with paper bags that aren't at least 40% recycled, reports MSNBC.com. Kauai and Maui counties already enforce bans, while Hawaii County's ban takes effect Jan.

HONOLULU The Coast Guard and Honolulu Fire Department rescue crews are searching for a missing 50-year-old male free diver near Kailua Bay, Oahu Saturday.

With Honolulu County approving a ban on plastic grocery bags last week, Hawaii will become the first state in the U.S. to ban non-recyclable paper bags and non-biodegradable plastic bags at store checkouts.

By now, it's hardly news when a city bans plastic bags at checkout counters -- but an entire state? That's happened in Hawaii, where Honolulu County has joined the state's three other counties to give Hawaii a first-in-the-nation title.

While there are plenty of bans on plastic bags at the city level in the US, with the approval of a ban of plastic bags at point of sale in Honolulu county, Hawaii becomes the first state in the nation to have outlawed plastic bags at every locale in the state.