Plastic Bag Tax

Corvallis City Council Should Implement Plastic Bag Ban

The Daily Barometer | Posted 04.09.2012

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The Daily Barometer

The proper way to mitigate this environmental intrusion and reduce the use of plastic in society is an absolute ban on plastic bags, with a pass-through fee for paper bags.

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Will The 5-Cent Bag Tax Be Bagged?

The Huffington Post | Posted 02.15.2012

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WASHINGTON -- A plan to institute a 5-cent fee on plastic and paper bags in one Maryland county is currently stuck in Annapolis waiting further action...

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Neither Paper Nor Plastic: City Expands Shopping Bag Ban

Aaron Sankin | Posted 02.07.2012

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The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on Tuesday unanimously passed an expansion of the city's historic restrictions on plastic shopping bags. Whi...

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Maryland's Largest County Institutes Retail Bag Tax

The Huffington Post | Posted 01.02.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Residents in Maryland's most populated county are getting used to a new 5-cent bag fee meant to curb pollution, encourage the use of reu...

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Jordan Howard

Plastic Bag Bans Spreading To More Cities

HuffingtonPost.com | Jordan Howard | Posted 12.01.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Across the country, cities and counties are instituting fees on plastic bags, or even banning them outright, in an effort to prevent pol...

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Evanston Considers Taxing Or Outright Banning Plastic Bags

Evanston, IL Patch | Patch Staff | Email the Author | April 26, 2011 | Posted 06.27.2011

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Choosing plastic at the check-out line could potentially cost Evanston residents an extra five cents if a bag tax ordinance passes. ...

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D.C. Bag Tax Collects $150,000 In January For River Cleanup

The Washington Post | Tim Craig | Posted 05.25.2011

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The District's 5-cent bag tax generated about $150,000 during January to help clean up the Anacostia River, even though residents have dramatically sc...

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The Bay vs. the Bag: Only One Side Can Win

David Lewis | Posted 05.25.2011

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David Lewis

Plastic bag pollution is growing, and its impact on our rivers, bays and oceans is well documented. The answer to "paper or plastic?" is "neither -- here's my reusable bag!"

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