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Five-cent tax on lightweight plastic bags. [330] City of Fairfax: July 12, 2022 January 1, 2023 Five-cent tax on lightweight plastic bags. [331] Fairfax County: September 14, 2021: January 1, 2022: Five-cent tax on lightweight plastic bags. [329] City of Falls Church: December 13, 2021 April 1, 2022 Five-cent tax on lightweight plastic bags. [332]
A plastic bag ban or charge is a law that restricts the use of lightweight plastic bags at retail establishments. In the early 21st century, there has been a global trend towards the phase-out of lightweight plastic bags.
China has a phased-in program of plastic bans from 2020 to 2025 on products from bags, to straws, to cutlery, to certain packaging, to items in hotels. [ 5 ] As of May 2024 [update] , 12 states in the United States (California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Maine, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington ...
The California Public Interest Research Group said Sunday that the new law finally meets the intent of the original bag ban. “Plastic bags create pollution in our environment and break into ...
D.C.’s Department of Energy and Environment spent over $335,000 of Bag Law revenue in 2021 for “outreach and reusable plastic bag distribution,” according to the Bag Law annual summary.
“Plastic bag bans work — so it’s no wonder why the plastics industry has been figuring out ways to undermine the intent of the law,” said Jenn Engstrom of CALPIRG, a sponsor of the bills ...
This prohibits certain retail and grocery stores from providing free, single-use, carryout bags to customers. Single-use plastic bags will be banned, and stores may sell reusable plastic or paper bags for a minimum of $0.10 per bag. [23] This law will only go into effect in areas without their own laws regarding single-use plastic bags.
Although Newsom temporarily lifted the ban on plastic bags during the peak of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020, Assembly Bill 2236 and Senate Bill 1053 seek to close “loopholes and (ensure) a ...