The end is coming for plastic grocery bags, straws and cutlery after the federal government announced today which single-use plastics will be covered by a national ban coming into effect next year. This week, New York banned plastic bags and many stores brought in paper alternatives. A total plastic bag ban on ultra thin plastic bags and a fee on plastic bags was introduced in China on 1 June 2008. In 2020, statewide plastic bag laws will become active in Maine, New York, Oregon and Vermont, with Connecticut and Delaware joining in 2021. The Facts on Plastic Bag Bans. Though Hawaii’s ban came first, it wasn’t technically a state-wide ban: all five Hawaiian islands (Big Island, Honolulu, Kauai, Maui, and Pala) individually banned plastic bags at various points — the last of which took effect in 2015. Washington's Plastic Bag Ban will reduce pollution by prohibiting single-use plastic carryout bags and charging a fee for acceptable bags in business establishments beginning in … New York. Stop celebrating your plastic bag ban. Plastic bags are a major contaminant in Washington’s recycling facilities, waterways, roadways, and environment. This came into effect because of the problems with sewerage and general waste. Paper bags are so much worse. With 52 percent of the vote, Proposition 67 was passed which means the Legislature-approved plastic bag ban remains the law. This comes in response to California passing legislation to ban plastic bags in November of 2016. The bans, which aim to fully phase in by 2020, range in definition and severity, but generally still allow for the use of 100% recyclable plastic bags. The ban was to go into effect on July 1, 2015, however, a referendum forced the problem onto the ballot in the election on November 2016. One 2009 survey suggests that plastic bag use fell between 60 and 80% in Chinese supermarkets, and 40 billion fewer bags were used.

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