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Plastic bag ban. [85] City of Salisbury: November 14, 2022 July 1, 2023 Plastic bag ban. [86] City of Westminster: May 2019: January 1, 2020: Plastic bag ban. [87] City of Takoma Park: July 27, 2016: December 1, 2016: Plastic bag ban. [88] Massachusetts: Town of Abington: May 20, 2019 November 20, 2020 Plastic bag ban. Reusable bags must be at ...
Although there is no nationwide ban on lightweight bags, they are banned in all states and territories. [46] Coles Bay, Tasmania was the first location in Australia to ban lightweight plastic bags. [408] The introduction of the "Zero Waste" program in South Australia led to its lightweight bag ban in October 2008.
As of August 2018, over 160 countries, regions, and cities had enacted legislation to ban or put a fee on plastic bags with the aim to reduce the overall use of disposable plastic bags. [45] Outright bans have been introduced in some countries, [ 9 ] notably China which banned very thin plastic bags nationwide in 2008. [ 6 ]
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Sen. Catherine Blakespear, D-Encinitas, who authored SB 1053, said in a statement that California’s original ban on plastic bags has not worked out as planned. “We need to do better ...
Committee to Protect the Plastic Bag Ban, Sponsored by the California Grocers Association (Non-Profit 501(c) 6): No on Proposition 67 $238,550 Save the Bag Ban, Sponsored by Environment California $771,650 Save the Bay Action Fund Committee to Support Proposition 67 $99,375 Save the Bay Action Fund PAC - Yes on Prop 67 $3,600
Sep. 18—As the owner of three businesses in Madrid, Hugh Hackett has prepared for what he described as a "speed bump in the retail road," swapping plastic bags for paper ones. A Santa Fe County ...
On July 14, 2008, the City of Manhattan Beach adopted Ordinance No. 2115 to ban the use of single use plastic bags at "retail establishments, restaurants, vendor or non-profit vendor. [2]" The plastic ban ordinance is only applicable to plastic bags used to take goods away from a store, but not produce bags from grocery stores.