California has passed a law that bans the use of plastic bags from grocery stores.

Gov. Jerry Brown passed a legislation to do so on Tuesday. Here are five things you should know about the California plastic bag ban:

• Single-use plastic bags will no longer be carried by grocers.
• Shoppers must now bring their own reusable bag or pay ten cents for a paper bag.
• The move is meant to reduce pollution in “beaches, parks and even the vast ocean itself,” according to Gov. Brown.
• The American Progressive Bag Alliance is rallying to overturn the law via referendum on the 2016 ballot.
• The group believes the law is a scam concocted by grocers and union bosses to rob consumers out of billions of dollars.

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