Plastic Bag Ban

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About 60 of 351 MA cities and towns have shopping bag laws, banning to a varying degree or taxing plastic bags or non-reusable shopping bags. A quick breakdown is available at BagLaws.com, a web site designed to help retailers comply with shopping bag laws. State legislation has also been proposed. Town-by-town legislative details can be found at MassGreen.org, an advocacy organization who favors plastic bag bans.

Surrounding towns with shopping bag laws include:

Arguments pro and contra can be found in the News & Editorials below.

Lexington Reports

None at this time.

Massachusetts Reports

State legislatio is pending.

National & International Reports

News & Editorials

2017

2015

Advocacy