Boulder efforts to diminish deluge of disposable bags could cost grocery shoppers using paper or plastic

denverpost.com (1 year and 1 month ago)

May 13, 2012

BOULDER — City leaders this week will consider charging customers fees for paper or plastic grocery bags rather than moving to ban the disposable sacks outright. full story

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Denver council looking at 5-cent fee on disposable grocery bags

Denver soon could join a growing list of U.S. cities including Aspen and Boulder that have passed laws to reduce the ubiquitous presence of plastic bags that environmentalists say have become an

denverpost.com (1 month and 27 days ago)

Shoppers likely would see a 10-cent fee per plastic and paper disposable bags at the checkouts of major supermarkets and Walmart by early 2014, according to policy direction given to city staff by the Durango City Council during a Tuesday study session.The proposal still must come back for a formal vote at a regular council meeting, but...

durangoherald.com (1 month and 25 days ago)

Plastic shopping bags: Recyclable, but still a headache for waste managers

PORTLAND, Maine — Paper or plastic? When Mainers are in the checkout lines at their local grocery or department stores, local landfill managers hope they pick paper bags or bring their own reusable ones, if possible. It’s not that the plastic bags can’t be recycled, exactly. It’s that, despite innovations ...

bangordailynews.com (2 months ago)

Fort Collins weighs fee for disposable grocery bags

Shoppers in Fort Collins could end up paying more for their groceries if they choose to use disposable bags.

coloradoan.com (3 months and 4 days ago)

Palo Alto dumps plastic bags

The plastic bag is no longer welcome in Palo Alto. On Monday night, the city council voted 5-0 to extend a pioneering 2009 ban on plastic bags at grocery stores to all retailers -- even restaurants -- and to start charging consumers for paper bags.

mercurynews.com (3 months and 9 days ago)

Effort growing to ban Styrofoam in Boulder

Three months after the Boulder City Council decided to charge a 10-cent fee for disposable grocery bags, support is growing for a possible ordinance targeting Styrofoam.

timescall.com (4 months ago)

Effort growing to ban Styrofoam in Boulder

Three months after the Boulder City Council decided to charge a 10-cent fee for disposable grocery bags, support is growing for a possible ordinance targeting Styrofoam.

denverpost.com (4 months ago)

Fort Collins council drops proposed grocery bag fee

Fort Collins shoppers won't have to pay for the privilege of carrying their groceries home in paper or plastic bags.

coloradoan.com (3 months and 2 days ago)

Advocates press for clear look at plastic-bag bans

"Paper or plastic?" The question posed to shoppers for decades will no longer apply in some Orange County coastal cities. Several cities are moving toward banning single-use shopping bags to encourage the environmentally friendly reusable bags – a...

ocregister.com (4 months and 4 days ago)

Bill that would have imposed fees for plastic bags dies in committee

The legislation before the Maryland House of Delegates would have placed a 5-cent surcharge on bagsIn a setback for environmentalists, a House committee killed a bill Saturday that would have required counties to impose a fee on disposable plastic and paper bags given out by stores to carry merchandise.

baltimoresun.com (2 months and 29 days ago)

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