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Phase out of lightweight plastic products in the United States
Plastic bags banned
A charge on some plastic bags
Partial charge or ban (county or municipality level)
There is no national plastic bag fee or ban currently in effect in the United States. However, the states of California,[1] Colorado,[2] Connecticut,[3] Delaware,[4] Hawaii (de facto), Maine, New Jersey,[5] New York,[6] Oregon,[7] Rhode Island, Vermont[8] and Washington[9] and the territories of American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, United States Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico[10] have banned disposable bags. Over 200 counties and municipalities have enacted ordinances either imposing a fee on plastic bags or banning them outright, including all counties in Hawaii.[11]
Some attempts at banning plastic shopping bags statewide (for example in Massachusetts, though as of May 2023[update], 162 of the 301 cities and towns in the state have done so[12]) have not succeeded mainly due to plastic industry lobbying.[13] A few jurisdictions have chosen to implement a fee-only approach to bag reduction such as Washington, D.C., Montgomery County, Maryland, and certain counties and independent cities in Virginia.[14][15] Some states, such as Florida, Arizona, and Missouri, have passed laws preventing local municipalities from passing their own bans.[16] Some retailers have stopped using plastic bags ahead of government mandates.[17]
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