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NY Expected to Ban Single-Use Plastic Bags Statewide

March 10, 2019 - from the Specialty Food News and CNN:

"The New York legislature has reached a deal to ban single-use plastic grocery bags, reports CNN. The law that is expected to pass as part of the 2020 budget, would prohibit grocery stores from providing plastic bags for most purchases, with exceptions for plastic carryout bags, dry cleaning, and plastic bags for fruits and vegetables at the grocery store."

"The ban, which would become effective March 2020, would allow local governments to impose a 5-cent fee on paper bags. Forty percent of the revenue generated by the fee would support 'local programs to buy reusable bags for low and fixed income consumers.'"