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Arcadia Lakes, South Carolina

Town-wide ban on plastic bags

Implement Date: March 1, 2020

James Island, SC

Town-wide plastic bag ban

Implement Date: January 17, 2020

Dutchess County, New York – Bill No. 2018298

County-wide ban on plastic bags

Implement Date: January 1, 2020

Greenfield, Massachusetts

Town-wide ban on plastic bags; 5 cent minimum fee on paper bags

Implement Date: January 1, 2020

Charleston, SC – Bill Chapter 14, Article V

City-wide ban on plastic bags

Implement Date: December 1, 2019

Everett, Washington – Bill CB 1810-46

City-wide ban on plastic bags

Implement Date: September 30, 2019

Anchorage, AK

City-wide ban on plastic bags, 10-50-cent tax for paper bags

Implement Date: September 15, 2019

Scituate, MA – Bill Article 8

Town-wide ban on plastic bags

Implement Date: September 15, 2019

Georgetown, Massachusetts – Bill Article 19

Town-wide ban on plastic bags

Implement Date: September 1, 2019

Mansfield, Connecticut

Town-wide ban on plastic bags

Implement Date: August 11, 2019

Gainesville, FL

City-wide plastic bag ban

Implement Date: August 1, 2019

Medford, Massachusetts – Bill Ordinance 833

City-wide ban on plastic bags less than 4 mils

Implement Date: July 16, 2019

Norwalk , Connecticut – Bill Ordinance

City wide ban on plastic bags less than 12 mils; 10-cent fee on paper bags

Implement Date: July 8, 2019

Wilmington , VT – Bill Plastic Bag Ordinance

Town-wide plastic bag ban

Implement Date: July 1, 2019

Lake Oswego, Oregon – Bill Plastic Bag Ban

City-wide ban on plastic bags; 10-cent tax on paper bags

Implement Date: July 1, 2019

Hillsboro, Oregon

City-wide ban on plastic bags

Implement Date: July 1, 2019

Bend, Oregon – Bill Chapter 5.60, Title 5

City-wide ban on plastic bags

Implement Date: July 1, 2019

Jersey City, NJ – Bill Chapter 263

City-wide ban on plastic bags

Implement Date: June 27, 2019

Gig Harbor, Washington – Bill BYOB Ordinance

City-wide ban on plastic bags less than 2.25 mils

Implement Date: June 18, 2019

Dartmouth, MA – Bill Article 27

Town-wide ban on plastic bags

Implement Date: June 5, 2019

Danvers, MA – Bill Amendment 16

Town-wide ban on plastic bags

Implement Date: June 1, 2019

Ulster County, NY

County-wide ban on plastic bags (“Bring Your Own Bag Act”)

Implement Date: June 1, 2019

Lunenburg, Massachusetts

Town-wide ban on plastic bags

Implement Date: June 1, 2019

Burlington , Massachusetts

Town-wide ban on plastic bags

Implement Date: May 28, 2019

Burlington , Massachusetts – Bill Article 9

Town-wide ban on plastic bags less than 3 mils

Implement Date: May 28, 2019