Seattle, Washington Embraces Reusable Grocery Bags

The Seattle City Council voted yesterday to ban single use plastic bags from grocery stores and other retail stores, and charge a .5 cent fee on paper bags.  The ordinance goes into affect July, 2012.  Low income residents that can not afford the .5 fee for paper bags, who can verify eligibility in a food assistance program will not be charged the paper bag fee. Other Washington cities that … [Read more...]

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