According to Washington's Department of Ecology, businesses keep the entire 8 cents to recover some of the cost of providing the bags. Also, it's to incentivize customers to bring their own reusable bags.
The ban on single-use plastic bags is meant to encourage the use of reusable ones and limit plastic bags that are difficult to dispose of properly.
If you don't have your own bag, you'll need to pay eight cents for a recyclable one at the store. The ban applies to grocery stores, restaurants, retail, and small vendors.
OLYMPIA, Wash. -- This summer, two proclamations that Gov. Jay Inslee made during the COVID pandemic will expire and it includes the plastic bag ban going into effect. The first…
The state Legislature passed the ban on single-use plastic bags with bipartisan support in 2020, but the pandemic has delayed its implementation.
A ban on single-use plastic bags in Washington will be delayed another month, according to a proclamation issued by Gov. Jay Inslee Friday.
Washington Governor Jay Inslee signed a bill into law that bans the use of plastic grocery bags in the state, he announced Wednesday.
A ban on single-use plastic bags advanced in the state Legislature, the second of a pair of bills on the subject to move past initial hearings.
The way you grocery shop could be about to change. The Washington State legislature is considering a bill that would ban all those free plastic bags you get now, and start charging you for the paper ones that will replace them.
Washington state leaders are calling for a new way to limit the use of plastic bags.
