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Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law a plastic bag bill that will ban stores from ... that has allowed for an increase in California's plastic bag ... per 1,000 people in 2014 to 5.89 tons per 1,000 ...
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 ...
Lawmakers passed two identical laws to close a loophole that allowed stores to offer 'reusable' plastic bags at checkout despite 2014 legislation meant to ban plastic bags.
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.
Plastic bag ban for large retailers; 10 cent charge for paper bags. A higher fee may be adopted by the municipality or county in which the store is located. [2] City of Aspen: October 2011: May 2012: Plastic bag ban for large retailers; 20 cent charge for paper bags. [32] Town of Avon: May 1, 2018: Plastic bag ban; 10 cent tax on paper bags ...
Plastic bag bans can lead to larger black markets in plastic bags. [7] Studies show that plastic bag bans can shift people away from using thin plastic bags, but it can also increase the use of unregulated single use paper bags or unregulated thicker plastic bags in areas where these are provided for free. [24]
Since the thinner plastic bags were prohibited, the thicker plastic bag distribution has resulted in a 46% increase in plastic bag waste discarded in California, according to a report by CALPIRG.
The single-use plastic bag was introduced into the U.S. by ExxonMobil Corporation and had found its way to grocery stores by 1976. [10] In the United States, there are approximately 92 billion plastic bags used annually by retail industries such as supermarkets and pharmacies as compared to roughly 5 billion paper bags. [11]