By Leona Vaughn
WNPA News Service 

Legislature bans single-use plastic bags

SB 5323 forbids retailers giving out single-use plastic bags for free

 

Last updated 3/11/2020 at 9:29am



Consumers will need to remember to bring their own reusable shopping bags if they want to avoid the fee that a new law will put on plastic bags. 

   Senate Bill 5323 bans retailers and grocers from handing out single-use plastic bags for free. Shoppers will instead be offered a reusable carry-out bag at check out for an eight-cent fee.

   “We have been working to deal with the plastic...



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