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There is no national [[Phase-out of lightweight plastic bags|plastic bag fee or ban]] currently in effect in the [[United States]]. However, the states of [[California]],<ref name="cal-16">{{cite news|last1=Luna|first1=Taryn|title=Californians say farewell to the plastic bag|url=http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article113898813.html|access-date=November 14, 2016|work=The Sacramento Bee|date=November 10, 2016}}</ref> [[Colorado]],<ref name="coloradoban">{{Cite web|url=https://tax.colorado.gov/carryout-bag-fee|title=Carryout Bag Fee|date=January 1, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240101205410/https://tax.colorado.gov/carryout-bag-fee |archive-date=January 1, 2024 }}</ref> [[Connecticut]],<ref name="connecticutban">{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbia.com/news/issues-policies/plastic-bag-ban-takes-effect/|title=Plastic Bag Ban Takes Effect July 1|website=CBIA|date=June 25, 2021 }}</ref> [[Delaware]],<ref name="delawareban" /> [[Hawaii]] (de facto), [[Maine]], [[New Jersey]],<ref name="NJ1">{{cite web|title=Plastic bags banned in NJ as Murphy Signs New Law|url=https://www.nj.com/news/2020/11/plastic-bags-banned-in-nj-as-murphy-signs-new-law.html|publisher=NJ.com|access-date=November 11, 2020|date=November 5, 2020}}</ref> [[New York (state)|New York]],<ref name="Dewitt NY" /> [[Oregon]],<ref name="Oregon">{{cite news|title=Come Jan. 1, Oregonians must pay 5 cents for grocery bags|url=https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2019/12/come-jan-1-oregonians-must-pay-5-cents-for-paper-grocery-bags.html|access-date=December 30, 2019|work=The Oregonian|date=December 27, 2019}}</ref> [[Rhode Island]], [[Vermont]]<ref name="NatGeoVT" /> and [[Washington (state)|Washington]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Caster |first1=Pete |title=Washington state plastic bag ban is now in effect |url=https://www.thereflector.com/stories/washington-state-plastic-bag-ban-is-now-in-effect,274481 |access-date=October 7, 2021 |publisher=[[The Reflector (Washington newspaper)|The Reflector]] |date=October 4, 2021}}</ref> and the territories of [[American Samoa]], [[Guam]], [[Northern Mariana Islands]], [[United States Virgin Islands]] and [[Puerto Rico]]<ref name="puertorico">{{cite web|last1=Coto|first1=Danica|title=Puerto Rico to ban use of plastic bags through executive order after legislators opposed bill|url=https://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2015/10/30/puerto-rico-to-ban-plastic-bags-through-executive-order|publisher=U.S. News & World Report|access-date=January 7, 2016|date=October 30, 2015}}</ref> have banned [[disposable]] bags. Over 200 [[County (United States)|counties]] and municipalities have enacted ordinances either imposing a fee on plastic bags or banning them outright, including all counties in Hawaii.<ref>{{cite web|last=Llanos|first=Miguel|title=Hawaii first state to ban plastic bags at checkout |url=http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/05/16/11720480-hawaii-first-state-to-ban-plastic-bags-at-checkout?lite |publisher=NBC News |access-date=April 23, 2013 |date=May 16, 2012}}</ref>

Some attempts at banning plastic shopping bags statewide (for example in [[Massachusetts]], though {{As of|2023|May|lc=y}}, 162 of the 301 cities and towns in the state have done so<ref>{{cite web |title=Plastic Bags |url=https://www.sierraclub.org/massachusetts/plastic-bags-0 |publisher=Massachusetts Sierra Club |access-date=July 28, 2023}}</ref>) have not succeeded mainly due to [[Progressive Bag Alliance|plastic industry lobbying]].<ref>{{cite news|title=This time, pass California ban on plastic bags: Editorial|url=http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_23056218/this-time-pass-california-ban-plastic-bags-editorial?source=rss|newspaper=Los Angeles Daily News|access-date=April 23, 2013|date=April 18, 2013}}{{Dead link|date=May 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> A few jurisdictions have chosen to implement a fee-only approach to bag reduction such as [[Washington, D.C.]], [[Montgomery County, Maryland]], and certain counties and [[Independent city (United States)|independent cities]] in [[Virginia]].<ref name=WRN>{{cite news|last=Verespej|first=Nike|title=Massachusetts town bans plastic bags|url=http://www.wasterecyclingnews.com/article/20121116/NEWS03/121119931/massachusetts-town-bans-plastic-bags|access-date=November 29, 2012|newspaper=Waste & Recycling News|date=November 16, 2012}}{{Dead link|date=May 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=SB 11 – Virginia Senate (2020) – Open States|url=https://openstates.org/va/bills/2020/SB11/|access-date=December 3, 2021|website=openstates.org}}</ref> Some states, such as [[Florida Legislature|Florida]], [[Arizona State Legislature|Arizona]], and [[Missouri State Legislature|Missouri]], have passed laws preventing local municipalities from passing their own bans.<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Frazier|first1=Ian|title=The Bag Bill|url=http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/05/02/saving-america-from-plastic-bags|access-date=April 29, 2016|magazine=The New Yorker}}</ref> Some retailers have stopped using plastic bags ahead of government mandates.<ref name="globe">{{Cite news|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2019/08/19/massachusetts-plastic-bag-ban-now-tied-beacon-hill/Yc6mWZY5SyDgRz4Csnm5LJ/story.html|title=Massachusetts plastic bag ban is now tied up in Beacon Hill – The Boston Globe|work=[[The Boston Globe]]}}</ref>

==Summary of plastic bag laws==

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{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible" style="width:100%"
|+Local laws governing plastic bag use in the United States
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! rowspan=1 width= "12%" | State/Territory
! rowspan=1 width= "15%" | Jurisdiction
! rowspan=1 width= "10%"| Passage date
! rowspan=1 width= "10%"| Effective date
! rowspan=1 width= "38%"| Effect
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|rowspan="10" |{{flagicon|Alaska}} [[Alaska]]
| [[Anchorage, Alaska|City-Borough of Anchorage]]
| {{Date table sorting|August 2018}}
| {{Date table sorting|September 2019}}
| Plastic bag ban, 10 cent charge for paper bags.<ref group="note">People who use [[Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program|SNAP]] benefits are excluded from the charge.</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ktuu.com/content/news/Anchorage-Assembly-votes-to-ban-plastic-bags-in-Anchorage-491956551.html|title=Anchorage Assembly votes to ban plastic bags in Anchorage|access-date=August 28, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/anchorage/2018/08/28/anchorage-approves-strict-plastic-bag-ban-fees-for-paper-bags/|title=Anchorage approves strict plastic bag ban, fees for paper bags|date=August 29, 2018|work=Anchorage Daily News|access-date=August 29, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref>
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| [[Bethel, Alaska|City of Bethel]]
| {{Date table sorting|July 2009}}
| {{Date table sorting|September 2010}}
| Plastic bag ban.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cityofbethel.org/vertical/sites/%7B86032ACB-92B0-4505-919A-3F45B84FECD9%7D/uploads/%7B5A33E462-9077-4FC4-97A8-8774C902CB68%7D.PDF|title=City of Bethel Ordinance 09-12|access-date=August 1, 2013|archive-date=November 4, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104070851/http://www.cityofbethel.org/vertical/sites/%7B86032ACB-92B0-4505-919A-3F45B84FECD9%7D/uploads/%7B5A33E462-9077-4FC4-97A8-8774C902CB68%7D.PDF|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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|[[Cordova, Alaska|City of Cordova]]
|
|November 2015
|Plastic bag ban; bags are banned under 2.25 mils. <ref>{{Cite web |title=Municode Library |url=https://library.municode.com/ak/cordova/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TIT8HESA_CH8.37PLBAPOCO_8.37.010DE |access-date=2024-04-25 |website=library.municode.com}}</ref>
|-
|[[Dillingham, Alaska|City of Dillingham]]
|
|December 31, 2020
|Plastic bag ban. <ref>{{Cite web |title=Dillingham Municipal Code |url=https://www.codepublishing.com/AK/Dillingham/#!/Dillingham08/Dillingham0804.html#8.04.120 |access-date=2024-04-25 |website=www.codepublishing.com}}</ref>
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| [[Homer, Alaska|City of Homer]]
| {{Date table sorting|August 2012}}
| {{Date table sorting|January 2013}}
| Plastic bag ban.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.campaignforrecycling.org/sites/default/files/HomerAKBagBan.pdf|title=City of Homer Ordinance 12–36(A)|access-date=August 1, 2013}}</ref>
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| [[Hooper Bay, Alaska|City of Hooper Bay]]
|
| {{Date table sorting|August 2010}}
| Plastic bag ban.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cawrecycles.org/list-of-national-bans/|title=List of National Bans|website=Californians Against Waste|access-date=November 15, 2016}}</ref>
|-
| [[Kodiak, Alaska|City of Kodiak]]
| {{Date table sorting|January 2018}}
| {{Date table sorting|April 2018}}
| Plastic bag ban.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.city.kodiak.ak.us/sites/default/files/fileattachments/city_council/meeting/9357/20180125_regular_meeting_minutes.pdf|title=City of Kodiak, Alaska – 01/25/2018 – City Council Regular Meeting – Minutes|access-date=July 2, 2018}}</ref>
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| [[Palmer, Alaska|City of Palmer]]
| {{Date table sorting|May 2018}}
| {{Date table sorting|January 2019}}
| Plastic bag ban.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ktuu.com/content/news/Palmer-latest-on-list-of-Alaska-cities-banning-plastic-bag-use-483466981.html|title=Palmer latest on list of Alaska cities banning plastic bag use|date=May 23, 2018 |access-date=August 1, 2018}}</ref>
|-
| [[Wasilla, Alaska|City of Wasilla]]
| {{Date table sorting|January 2018}}
| {{Date table sorting|July 2018}}
| Plastic bag ban.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cityofwasilla.com/valley-residents/plastic-bag-ban|title=City of Wasilla – Valley Residents – Plastic Bag Ban|access-date=July 2, 2018|archive-date=September 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180906114941/http://www.cityofwasilla.com/valley-residents/plastic-bag-ban|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| [[Unalaska, Alaska|City of Unalaska]]
| {{Date table sorting|August 2018}}
| {{Date table sorting|January 2019}}
|  Plastic bag ban<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kucb.org/post/unalaska-approves-plastic-bag-ban-take-effect-jan-1#stream/0|title=Unalaska Approves Plastic Bag Ban To Take Effect Jan. 1|first=Laura|last=Kraegel|date=August 15, 2018 |publisher=KUCB}}</ref>
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| {{flagicon|American Samoa}} [[American Samoa]]
|<div class="center" style="width: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;">Territory-wide</div>
| {{Date table sorting|January 2010}}
| {{Date table sorting|February 2011}}
| Plastic bag ban for all wholesale and retail businesses.<ref>{{cite web|title=Plastic Bag Ban|url=http://asepa.gov/plastic-bag-ban.asp|publisher=American Samoa EPA|access-date=February 25, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130919222512/http://asepa.gov/plastic-bag-ban.asp|archive-date=September 19, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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| {{flagicon|California}} '''[[California]]'''
|<div class="center" style="width: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;">Statewide</div>
| {{Date table sorting|September 2014}}
| {{Date table sorting|November 2016}}<ref name="cal-16"/>
| Plastic bag ban for large retailers; 10 cent charge for paper bags. A complete ban on retail plastic bags (regardless of thickness) will go into effect on January 1, 2026.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bill Text - SB-1053 Solid waste: recycled paper bags: standards: carryout bag prohibition|url=https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1053|access-date=2024-10-19|website=leginfo.legislature.ca.gov}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-09-22|title=California governor signs law banning all plastic shopping bags at grocery stores |url=https://apnews.com/article/california-plastic-bag-ban-406dedf02b416ad2bb302f498c3bce58|access-date=2024-10-19|website=AP News|language=en}}</ref><br>All local ordinances (listed [[Phase-out of lightweight plastic bags in the United States#California|below]]) supersede this legislation.
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| rowspan="10" | {{flagicon|Colorado}} [[Colorado]]
|<div class="center" style="width: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;">Statewide</div>
|July 2021
|January 2024
|Plastic bag ban for large retailers; 10 cent charge for paper bags. A higher fee may be adopted by the municipality or county in which the store is located.<ref name="coloradoban" />
|-
| [[Aspen, Colorado|City of Aspen]]
| {{Date table sorting|October 2011}}
| {{Date table sorting|May 2012}}
| Plastic bag ban for large retailers; 20 cent charge for paper bags.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.campaignforrecycling.org/sites/default/files/aspen_bagord.pdf|title=City of Aspen Ordinance 24 |access-date=August 1, 2013}}</ref>
|-
|[[Avon, Colorado|Town of Avon]]
|
|{{Date table sorting|May 1, 2018}}
|Plastic bag ban; 10 cent tax on paper bags.<ref name="In Your State">{{Cite web|url=https://www.bagtheban.com/in-your-state/|title=In Your State|website=Bag the Ban|access-date=December 6, 2019}}</ref>
|-
| [[Boulder, Colorado|City of Boulder]]
| {{Date table sorting|November 2012}}
| {{Date table sorting|July 2013}}
| Plastic bag ban; 10 cent charge for paper bags.<ref name="City of Boulder Ordinance 7870">{{cite web|url=http://www.campaignforrecycling.org/sites/default/files/Boulder_bag_ord_111512.pdf|title=City of Boulder Ordinance 7870 |access-date=August 1, 2013}}</ref>
|-
| [[Carbondale, Colorado|City of Carbondale]]
| {{Date table sorting|October 2011}}
| {{Date table sorting|May 2012}}
| Plastic bag ban for large retailers; 20 cent charge for paper bags.<ref name="City of Boulder Ordinance 7870"/>
|-
| [[Crested Butte, Colorado|Town of Crested Butte]]
| {{Date table sorting|August 15, 2016}}
| {{Date table sorting|September 1, 2018}}
| Plastic bag ban. Paper bags must contain at least 40% post-consumer recycled paper content.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Mark|first1=Reaman|title=Council finally approves single use plastic bag ban|url=http://crestedbuttenews.com/2016/08/council-finally-approves-single-use-plastic-bag-ban/|access-date=May 29, 2017|work=Crested Butte News|publisher=Crested Butte News, Inc.|date=August 17, 2016}}</ref>
|-
| [[Denver, Colorado|City of Denver]]
| {{Date table sorting|December 2019}}
| {{Date table sorting|July 1, 2020}}
| 10 cent charge.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Pyzyk |first1=Katie |title=Denver mayor signs plastic and paper bag fee into law |url=https://www.wastedive.com/news/denver-mayor-hancock-plastic-paper-bag-fee/569722/ |website=Waste Dive |access-date=February 11, 2020}}</ref>
|-
|[[Fort Collins, Colorado|City of Fort Collins]]
|April 7, 2021
|May 1, 2022
|Plastic bag ban at grocers with more than 10,000 square feet.<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 18, 2022 |title=Fort Collins Ban On Plastic Bags In Large Grocery Stores Goes Into Effect May 1 |url=https://denver.cbslocal.com/2022/04/18/fort-collins-grocery-plastic-bag-ban/ |access-date=April 19, 2022 |language=en-US}}</ref>
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|[[Ridgway, Colorado|Town of Ridgway]]
|December 12, 2018
| {{Date table sorting|March 1, 2019}}
|Plastic bag ban; bags are banned under 2.25 mils.<ref name="In Your State" />
|-
| [[Telluride, Colorado|Town of Telluride]]
| {{Date table sorting|October 2010}}
| {{Date table sorting|March 2011}}
| Plastic bag ban; 10 cent charge for paper bags.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.campaignforrecycling.org/sites/default/files/Telluride_co_bagban_0.pdf|title=City of Telluride Ordinance 1340 |access-date=August 1, 2013}}</ref>
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| rowspan="4" |{{flagicon|Connecticut}} [[Connecticut]]
|<div class="center" style="width: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;">Statewide</div>
|
| {{Date table sorting|July 1, 2021}}
| Plastic bag ban.<ref name="connecticutban" />
|-
| [[Greenwich, Connecticut|Town of Greenwich]]
| {{Date table sorting|March 12, 2018}}<ref>{{cite news|last1=Borsuk|first1=Ken|title=Greenwich passes a ban on plastic bags – with no fees attached|url=https://www.greenwichtime.com/local/article/Greenwich-passes-a-ban-on-plastic-bags-with-12750624.php|access-date=March 27, 2018|work=Greenwich Time|publisher=Hearst Media Services Connecticut, LLC|date=March 14, 2018}}</ref>
| {{Date table sorting|September 2018}}
| Plastic bag ban. Sunsets in 3 years. Paper bags must contain 40% post-consumer content and no old-growth fiber.<ref>{{cite web|title=March 2018 Call|url=http://www.greenwichct.org/upload/medialibrary/059/March_2018_Call.pdf|website=Town of Greenwich|access-date=March 27, 2018|archive-date=March 28, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180328102502/http://www.greenwichct.org/upload/medialibrary/059/March_2018_Call.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| [[Norwalk, Connecticut|Town of Norwalk]]
| {{Date table sorting|January 8, 2018}}<ref>{{cite news |last1=Papp |first1=Justin |title=Norwalk votes to ban single-use plastic bags |url=https://www.thehour.com/news/article/Norwalk-votes-to-ban-single-use-plastic-bags-13519023.php |access-date=January 10, 2019 |work=The Hour |date=January 8, 2018}}</ref>
| {{Date table sorting|July 8, 2018}}
| Plastic bag ban.
|-
| [[Westport, Connecticut|Town of Westport]]
| {{Date table sorting|September 2008}}
| {{Date table sorting|March 2009}}
| Plastic bag ban. Defines acceptable "recyclable paper bag" alternatives.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.westportct.gov/index.aspx?page=228|title=Town of Westport, Retail Checkout Bag Ordinance|access-date=August 1, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120513073809/http://westportct.gov/index.aspx?page=228|archive-date=May 13, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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| {{flagicon|Delaware}} [[Delaware]]
| <div class="center" style="width: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;">Statewide</div>
| {{Date table sorting|July 29, 2019}}<ref name="delawareban">{{cite web|url=https://whyy.org/articles/delaware-bans-plastic-bags-for-large-stores-beginning-in-jan-2021/|title=Delaware bans plastic bags for large stores beginning in Jan. 2021|access-date=September 5, 2019}}</ref>
| {{Date table sorting|January 1, 2021}}
| Plastic bag ban applies to large stores (7,000 square feet or larger) and chains with 3 stores each larger than 3,000 square feet. Paper and reusable bags have a 10¢ fee. Compostable bags allowed.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bittle |first1=Matt |title=Plastic bag ban becomes law, takes effect in 2021 |url=https://delawarestatenews.net/news/plastic-bag-ban-becomes-law-takes-effect-in-2021/ |access-date=February 5, 2020}}</ref>
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| {{flagicon|District of Columbia}} [[District of Columbia]]
| <div class="center" style="width: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;">District-wide</div>
| {{Date table sorting|June 2009}}
| {{Date table sorting|August 2009}}
| Minimum 5 cent fee for plastic bags.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cawrecycles.org/files/dc_ordinance.pdf|title=Anacostia River Cleanup and Protection Act of 2009|access-date=August 1, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150611004107/http://www.cawrecycles.org/files/dc_ordinance.pdf|archive-date=June 11, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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| rowspan= "1"|{{flagicon|Georgia (U.S. state)}} [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]
| [[South Fulton, Georgia|City of South Fulton]]
| {{Date table sorting|October 2019}}
| {{Date table sorting|March 1, 2021}}
| Single-use plastic bag ban.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cityofsouthfultonga.gov/DocumentCenter/View/4779/NEWS-RELEASE---Single-Use-Plastics-Ban-Takes-Effect-March-1|title=News Release – Single-Use Plastics Ban Takes Effect March 1.}}</ref>
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| {{flagicon|Guam}} [[Guam]]
|<div class="center" style="width: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;">Territory-wide</div>
| {{Date table sorting|June 5, 2018}}
| {{Date table sorting|January 1, 2021}}
| Plastic bag ban.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.postguam.com/news/local/recycling-advocates-plastic-bag-ban-marks-progress/article_a5cb2280-6eb6-11e8-9e80-77fbfd20e9bd.html |title=Recycling advocates: Plastic bag ban marks progress |first=Meghan |last=Swartz |website=The Guam Daily Post |date=June 18, 2018 |access-date=December 27, 2018}}</ref>
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| rowspan="5"| {{flagicon|Hawaii}} [[Hawaii]]{{Smallsup|1}}
|-
| '''[[Hawaii County]]'''
| {{Date table sorting|December 2011}}
| {{Date table sorting|January 2013}}
| Ban on compostable and non-compostable plastic checkout bags.  Allows plastic bags at least 3 mils.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://records.co.hawaii.hi.us/WebLink8/0/doc/765078/Page1.aspx|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130813211650/http://records.co.hawaii.hi.us/WebLink8/0/doc/765078/Page1.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 13, 2013|title=Hawaii County Ordinance 12-1|access-date=August 1, 2013}}</ref>
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| '''[[Honolulu City and County]]'''
| {{Date table sorting|2014}}
| {{Date table sorting|July 2015}}
| Bill 10 in 2010 banned some plastic checkout bags but allowed biodegradable bags.  Bill 38 in 2014 banned biodegradable plastic checkout bags but allowed compostable plastic bags.  Plastic bags still allowed for carrying food and drinks, plastic bags at least 2.25 mils allowed.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www4.honolulu.gov/docushare/dsweb/Get/Document-124462/BILL010%2812%29,%20CD1,%20PROPOSED%20FD1%20%28EM%29%20%28VERSION%20B%29.pdf|title=City and County of Honolulu Bill 10 (2012)|access-date=August 1, 2013}}</ref>
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| '''[[Kauai County]]'''
| {{Date table sorting|October 2009}}
| rowspan="2"| {{Date table sorting|January 2011}}
| Ban on plastic checkout bags made with fossil fuels.  Biodegradable bags allowed.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kauai.gov/Government/Departments/PublicWorks/SolidWaste/RecyclingPrograms/PlasticBagReductionOrdinance/tabid/530/Default.aspx|title=Kaui County Plastic Bag Reduction Ordinance|access-date=August 1, 2013|archive-date=August 26, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130826173131/http://www.kauai.gov/Government/Departments/PublicWorks/SolidWaste/RecyclingPrograms/PlasticBagReductionOrdinance/tabid/530/Default.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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| '''[[Maui County]]'''
| {{Date table sorting|August 2008}}
| Ban on compostable and non-compostable plastic checkout bags.  Allows plastic bags at least 3 mils.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.co.maui.hi.us/index.aspx?NID=1688|title=Maui County – B.Y.O.Bag|access-date=August 1, 2013}}</ref>
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| rowspan="8" | {{flagicon|Illinois}} [[Illinois]]
|-
| [[Batavia, Illinois|City of Batavia]]
| {{Date table sorting|November 21, 2022}}
| {{Date table sorting|July 1, 2023}}
| 10-cent fee on single-use plastic and paper bags in stores with at least 5,000 square feet. No fees for bags used to package bulk items, produce, or for prescription drugs. There are some other exceptions.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Batavia Retailers Will Soon Charge Fee For Single-Use Bags | url=https://patch.com/illinois/batavia/batavia-retailers-will-soon-charge-fee-single-use-bags}}</ref>
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| [[Chicago]]
| {{Date table sorting|November 2016}}
| {{Date table sorting|February 1, 2017}}
| Plastic and paper bags from retailers are taxed 7-cents per bag. Tax does not apply to bags with a retail price of at least 50¢.<ref>{{cite web|title=Checkout Bag Tax|url=https://www.cityofchicago.org/city/en/depts/fin/provdrs/tax_division/news/2016/december/NewCheckoutBagTax.html|publisher=City of Chicago Finance Department|access-date=November 29, 2017|date=March 27, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Chicago Checkout Bag Tax – Frequently Asked Questions|url=https://www.cityofchicago.org/content/dam/city/depts/rev/supp_info/TaxPublicationsandReports/CheckoutBagTaxFAQs.pdf|publisher=City of Chicago|access-date=November 29, 2017}}</ref><br>Chicago repealed the ban it had passed April 30, 2014, that went into effect starting August 1, 2015. Reusable bags were defined as being  at least 2.25 mils.<ref>{{cite news |last=Dardick |first=Hal |title=Chicago aldermen vote to ban plastic bags|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2014/04/30/chicago-aldermen-vote-to-ban-plastic-bags/ |newspaper=Chicago Tribune |date=April 30, 2014|access-date=June 24, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Plastic Bag Ban Will Take Effect on August 1, 2015|url=http://www.cityofchicago.org/city/en/depts/bacp/provdrs/bus/alerts/2014/dec/plastic-bag-ban-will-take-effect-on-august-1--2015.html|website=The City of Chicago|publisher=Dept. of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection|date=December 22, 2014|access-date=June 24, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150624194425/http://www.cityofchicago.org/city/en/depts/bacp/provdrs/bus/alerts/2014/dec/plastic-bag-ban-will-take-effect-on-august-1--2015.html|archive-date=June 24, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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|[[Edwardsville, Illinois|City of Edwardsville]]
|April 1, 2020
|July 12, 2021
|10-cent fee on single-use plastic and paper bags in stores with at least 7000 square feet.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Single-Use Bag Fee {{!}} Edwardsville, IL|url=https://www.cityofedwardsville.com/571/Single-Use-Bag-Fee#:~:text=A:%20Beginning%20April%201,%202020,100%20percent%20of%20the%20fee.|access-date=November 22, 2021|website=www.cityofedwardsville.com}}</ref>
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| [[Evanston, Illinois|City of Evanston]]
| {{Date table sorting|May 22, 2023}}
| {{Date table sorting|August 1, 2023}}
| Ban on single-use plastic bags in all retail stores with at least 10,000 square feet, except for produce bags made of compostable plastic; $0.10 tax on remaining bag types at large retail stores, with some exceptions.<ref>{{Cite web|title=City of Evanston to Ban Plastic Bags|url=https://www.cityofevanston.org/Home/Components/News/News/6036/}}</ref>

Original ban (enacted July 28, 2014, effective August 1, 2015): Bans plastic bags less than 2.25 mils at chain and franchise stores over 10,000 square feet. Biodegradable bags allowed.<ref>{{cite web|title=Evanston City Council Approves Plastic Shopping Bag Ordinance|url=http://www.cityofevanston.org/news/2014/07/evanston-city-council-approves-plastic-shopping-bag-ordinance/|publisher=City of Evanston|access-date=August 5, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140805015959/http://www.cityofevanston.org/news/2014/07/evanston-city-council-approves-plastic-shopping-bag-ordinance/|archive-date=August 5, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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|[[Northbrook, Illinois|Village of Northbrook]]
|February 2023
|January 1, 2024
|10-cent fee on single-use plastic and paper bags in stores with at least 3,000 square feet. No fees for bags used to package bulk items, produce, or for prescription drugs; and for bags used by food assistance program participants. <ref>{{Cite web|title=Single-Use Bag Tax - Northbrook, IL | url=https://northbrook.il.us/1124/Single-Use-Bag-Tax}}</ref>
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|[[Oak Park, Illinois|Village of Oak Park]]
|August 7, 2017
|July 1, 2018
|10-cent fee on single-use plastic and paper bags in stores with at least 5000 square feet.<ref>{{Cite web|date=December 15, 2017|title=Single-use bag initiative|url=https://www.oak-park.us/your-government/environmental-initiatives/single-use-bag-initiative|access-date=November 22, 2021|website=Village of Oak Park|language=en}}</ref>
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|[[Woodstock, Illinois|City of Woodstock]]
|September 17, 2019
|January 1, 2020
|10-cent fee on single-use plastic and paper bags in stores with at least 5000 square feet.<ref>{{Cite web|date=January 19, 2020|title=Woodstock, Illinois has a new .10 shopping bag tax|url=https://jillcataldo.com/woodstock-illinois-has-a-new-10-bag-tax/|access-date=November 22, 2021|website=Jill Cataldo|language=en-US}}</ref>
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| rowspan="1" |{{flagicon|Kansas}} [[Kansas]]
|[[Lawrence, Kansas|City of Lawrence]]
|August 8, 2023
|March 1, 2024
|Single-use plastic bag ban.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Carpenter |first=Tim|date=August 9, 2023 |title=Lawrence City Commission narrowly adopts prohibition on single-use plastic bags |url=https://kansasreflector.com/2023/08/09/lawrence-city-commission-narrowly-adopts-prohibition-on-single-use-plastic-bags/ |access-date=August 9, 2023 |website=Kansas Reflector |language=en-US}}</ref>
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| rowspan="5" |{{flagicon|Maine}} [[Maine]]
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| {{Date table sorting|June 17, 2019}}
| {{Date table sorting|July 1, 2021}}
| Plastic bag ban. Paper bags have a 5¢ fee.<ref name="MaineVermont">{{cite web|title=Maine and Vermont Pass Plastic Bag Bans on the Same Day|url=https://www.ecowatch.com/maine-vermont-plastic-bag-bans-2638930707.html|publisher=EcoWatch|access-date=July 3, 2019|date=June 20, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Maine Delays Plastic Bag Ban for Months Due to Pandemic |url=https://www.necn.com/news/local/maine-delays-plastic-bag-ban-for-months-due-to-pandemic/2377020/ |access-date=January 8, 2021|publisher=NECN |date=December 24, 2020}}</ref>
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| [[Falmouth, Maine|Town of Falmouth]]
| {{Date table sorting|January 2016}}
| {{Date table sorting|April 1, 2016}}
| 5-cent fee for single-use plastic (and paper) bags at stores greater than 10,000 square feet. Reusable plastic bags must be at least 4 mils.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Byrne|first1=Matt|title=Falmouth council approves 5-cent fee on bags from big stores|url=http://www.pressherald.com/2016/01/13/falmouth-council-approves-5-cent-fee-on-bags-from-big-stores/|publisher=Portland Press Herald|access-date=February 22, 2016|date=January 13, 2016}}</ref>
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| [[Portland, Maine|City of Portland]]
| {{Date table sorting|June 2014}}
| {{Date table sorting|April 15, 2015}}
| 5-cent fee for single-use plastic (and paper) bags at pharmacies, and food and convenience stores, which is kept by the store.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Miller|first1=Kevin|title=Portland council adopts fee for bags, bans foam containers|url=http://www.pressherald.com/2014/06/17/portland-council-adopts-fee-for-bags-bans-foam-containers/|access-date=November 18, 2014|work=The Portland Press Herald|date=June 17, 2014}}</ref>
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| [[South Portland, Maine|City of South Portland]]
| {{Date table sorting|September 2015}}
| {{Date table sorting|March 1, 2016}}
| 5-cent fee for single-use plastic (and paper) bags at pharmacies, and food and convenience stores, which is kept by the store. Reusable plastic bags must be at least 2.25 mils.<ref>{{cite web|title=Reusable Bag Ordinance|url=http://www.southportland.org/departments/sustainability-office/single-use-carry-out-bags/|publisher=City of South Portland|access-date=February 22, 2016}}</ref>
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| [[York, Maine|Town of York]]
| {{Date table sorting|November 3, 2015}}
| {{Date table sorting|March 3, 2016}}
| Plastic bag ban. Reusable plastic bags must be at least 3 mils.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Graham|first1=Gillian|title=York voters approve Maine's first ban on plastic shopping bags|url=http://www.pressherald.com/2015/11/04/york-voters-approve-first-plastic-shopping-bag-ban-in-maine/|access-date=February 22, 2016|date=November 4, 2015}}</ref>
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| rowspan="16" |{{flagicon|Maryland}} [[Maryland]]
|[[Annapolis, Maryland|City of Annapolis]]
|July 22, 2024
|January 22, 2025
|Single-use plastic bag ban. $0.10 fee for paper bags.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2024-07-24|title=Plastic Bags Banned in Annapolis, Drive-Thrus May Be Next|url=https://www.eyeonannapolis.net/2024/07/plastic-bags-banned-in-annapolis-drive-thrus-may-be-next|access-date=2024-07-31|website=Eye On Annapolis|language=en-US}}</ref> 
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|[[Anne Arundel County, Maryland|Anne Arundel County]] (unincorporated) 
|June 5, 2023
|January 1, 2024
|Plastic bag ban. Paper bags will have a $0.10 fee after February 1, 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bill-No-19-23-FOURTH-AMENDED |url=https://www.aacounty.org/departments/county-council/legislation/bills-and-resolutions/Bill-No-19-23-FOURTH-AMENDED.pdf |access-date=June 5, 2023}}</ref>
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|[[Baltimore, Maryland|City of Baltimore]]
| {{Date table sorting|January 13, 2020}}
| {{Date table sorting|October 1, 2021}}
| Plastic bag ban. Paper and other non-plastic bags have a five-cent fee.<ref>{{cite web|title=Baltimore will soon say bye to plastic bags at checkout. Here's what you need to know.|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/politics/bs-md-pol-bag-ban-signature-20200113-l6nflrrnfrf4vny5ho7kt6z5ny-story.html|website=The Baltimore Sun|date=January 13, 2020 |publisher=Tribune Publishing|access-date=February 10, 2020}}</ref>
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|[[Baltimore County, Maryland|Baltimore County]]
| February 6, 2023
| November 1, 2023
| Plastic Bag Ban. 5 cent fee for paper bags.<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 7, 2023 |title=Plastic bag ban approved by Baltimore County Council, here's what to know before you shop |url=https://www.wypr.org/wypr-news/2023-02-06/plastic-bag-ban-approved-by-baltimore-county-council-heres-what-to-know-before-you-shop |access-date=February 7, 2023 |website=WYPR |language=en}}</ref>
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|[[Centreville, Maryland|Town of Centreville]]
|July 19, 2023
|January 1, 2024
|Single-use plastic bag ban. $0.10 fee for paper or reusable bags.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ord-02-2023-plastic_bags-approved |url=https://www.townofcentreville.org/sites/default/files/fileattachments/ordinance/3097/ord-02-2023-plastic_bags-approved.pdf |access-date=July 28, 2023}}</ref>
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|[[Chestertown, Maryland|Town of Chestertown]]
| {{Date table sorting|April 4, 2011}}
| {{Date table sorting|January 2012}}
| Plastic bag ban. Reusable plastic bags must be at least 2.25 mils.<ref>{{cite web|title=Chapter 133: Plastic Bag Reduction|url=http://www.amlegal.com/nxt/gateway.dll/Maryland/chestertown_md/townofchestertownmarylandcodeofordinance?f=templates$fn=default.htm$3.0$vid=amlegal:chestertown_md|website=Town of Chestertown, Maryland Code of Ordinances T|publisher=Town of Chestertown|access-date=December 12, 2014}}</ref>
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|[[College Park, Maryland|City of College Park]]
|February 14, 2023
|September 1, 2023
|Plastic bag ban. 10 cent fee for other bags.<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 15, 2023 |title=College Park City Council bans single-use plastic bags starting Sept. 1 |url=https://dbknews.com/2023/02/15/college-park-city-council-plastic-bag-ban/ |access-date=March 16, 2023 |website=The Diamondback |language=en-US}}</ref>
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|[[Easton, Maryland|Town of Easton]]
|September 13, 2022
|April 2, 2023
|Plastic bag ban. Paper bags to cost $0.10.<ref>{{Cite web |last=JONES |first=NATALIE |title=Easton Town Council unanimously approves plastic bag ban |url=https://www.stardem.com/news/environment/easton-town-council-unanimously-approves-plastic-bag-ban/article_62ac7b5c-1921-51db-bc2f-4438204b81a5.html |access-date=September 16, 2022 |website=The Star Democrat |date=September 8, 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
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|[[Frederick, Maryland|City of Frederick]]
|May 4, 2023
|January 1, 2024
|Plastic bag ban. No fee for paper bags.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Marshall |first=Ryan |title=Aldermen pass plastic bag ban in Frederick, reject fee for other bags |url=https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/economy_and_business/employment/aldermen-pass-plastic-bag-ban-in-frederick-reject-fee-for-other-bags/article_4a789e79-b0ff-5bcd-9e29-740b4361dd33.html |access-date=May 5, 2023 |website=The Frederick News-Post |date=May 4, 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
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|[[Howard County, Maryland|Howard County]]
| {{Date table sorting|February 5, 2020}}
| {{Date table sorting|October 1, 2020}}
| 5 cent fee for plastic bags.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://livegreenhoward.com/recycling-waste/plastic-bag-fee/|title=Plastic Bag Fee|website=Live Green Howard County}}</ref>
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|[[Laurel, Maryland|City of Laurel]]
|June 28, 2021
|January 1, 2022
|Plastic Bag Ban.<ref>{{Cite web |last=abarnes |date=October 19, 2021 |title=City of Laurel Bans Plastic Bans Beginning January of 2022 |url=https://www.cityoflaurel.org/comm/press-releases/15114-city-laurel-bans-plastic-bans-beginning-january-2022 |access-date=February 7, 2023 |website=City of Laurel, Maryland |language=en}}</ref>
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|[[Montgomery County, Maryland|Montgomery County]]
| {{Date table sorting|May 2011}}
| {{Date table sorting|January 2012}}
| Minimum 5 cent fee for plastic bags.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/bag/|title=Keep your reusable bags handy whenever and wherever you shop|access-date=August 1, 2013}}</ref>
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|[[Prince George's County, Maryland|Prince George's County]]
|June 20, 2023
|January 1, 2024
|Plastic bag ban.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bag it Right (Better Bag Bill) |url=https://www.princegeorgescountymd.gov/4659/Bag-it-Right-Better-Bag-Bill |access-date=August 31, 2023 |website=www.princegeorgescountymd.gov}}</ref>
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|[[Salisbury, Maryland|City of Salisbury]]
|November 14, 2022
|July 1, 2023
|Plastic bag ban.<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 29, 2022 |title=Plastic Bag Ban Passes in Salisbury |url=https://www.wmdt.com/2022/11/plastic-bag-ban-passes-in-salisbury/ |access-date=November 30, 2022 |website=47abc |language=en-US}}</ref>
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|[[Westminster, Maryland|City of Westminster]]
| {{Date table sorting|May 2019}}
| {{Date table sorting|January 1, 2020}}
| Plastic bag ban.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll/news/cc-bag-ban-vote-20190513-story.html |title=Westminster passes plastic bag ban – the third in Maryland – and city budget |work=[[The Baltimore Sun]] |date=May 14, 2019 |access-date=February 15, 2020}}</ref>
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|[[Takoma Park, Maryland|City of Takoma Park]]
| {{Date table sorting|July 27, 2016}}
| {{Date table sorting|December 1, 2016}}
| Plastic bag ban.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://documents.takomaparkmd.gov/government/city-council/ordinances/2016/ordinance-2016-31.pdf|title=Takoma Park Ordinance 2016-31}}</ref>
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| rowspan="109" | {{flagicon|Massachusetts}} [[Massachusetts]]
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|[[Abington, Massachusetts|Town of Abington]]
|May 20, 2019
|November 20, 2020
|Plastic bag ban. Reusable bags must be at least 5 mils.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Town of Abington, MA: Plastic Bag Ban |url=https://ecode360.com/34798231 |access-date=August 6, 2023 |website=Town of Abington, MA Code |language=en-US}}</ref>
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| [[Adams, Massachusetts|Town of Adams]]
| {{Date table sorting|June 20, 2016}}
| {{Date table sorting|March 30, 2017}}
| Plastic bag ban. Reusable bags must be at least 2.5 mils.<ref>{{cite web|title=2017 Adams Town Warrant|url=http://town.adams.ma.us/Public_Documents/AdamsMA_Calendar/S0557C07A-055E0C37.3/2017%20Adams%20Town%20Warrant%20-%20Complete.pdf|publisher=Town of Adams|access-date=July 18, 2016|archive-date=August 17, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817162834/http://town.adams.ma.us/Public_Documents/AdamsMA_Calendar/S0557C07A-055E0C37.3/2017%20Adams%20Town%20Warrant%20-%20Complete.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Shanks|first1=Adam|title=Adams Town Meeting bans plastic bags; approves $14.4 million in spending|url=http://www.berkshireeagle.com/local/ci_30038149/adams-town-meeting-bans-plastic-bags|publisher=The Berkshire Eagle|access-date=July 18, 2016|date=June 20, 2016|archive-date=June 22, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160622130130/http://www.berkshireeagle.com/local/ci_30038149/adams-town-meeting-bans-plastic-bags|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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| [[Amesbury, Massachusetts|City of Amesbury]]
| {{Date table sorting|March 12, 2019}}<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sullivan |first1=Jim |title=Amesbury council OKs plastic bag ban |url=https://www.newburyportnews.com/news/amesbury-council-oks-plastic-bag-ban/article_90b14592-4533-11e9-92bd-cbae99cd8e42.html |access-date=March 29, 2019 |work=Newburyport News |date=March 14, 2019}}</ref>
| {{Date table sorting|September 12, 2019}}
| Plastic bag ban. Reusable bags must be at least 3 mils.<ref>{{cite web |title=An Ordinance to Restrict the Use of Thin-Film Plastic Bags for the Bagging of Customer Purchases At and By Retail Establishments |url=https://www.amesburyma.gov/sites/amesburyma/files/pages/2019-004_ordinance_to_restrict_use_of_thin-film_plastic_bags_1.pdf |publisher=City of Amesbury |access-date=March 29, 2019 |archive-date=March 29, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329020919/https://www.amesburyma.gov/sites/amesburyma/files/pages/2019-004_ordinance_to_restrict_use_of_thin-film_plastic_bags_1.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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| [[Amherst, Massachusetts|Town of Amherst]]
| {{Date table sorting|May 3, 2016}}
| {{Date table sorting|January 1, 2017}}
| Plastic bag ban. Reusable bags must be at least 3 mils.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Merzbach|first1=Scott|title=Amherst Town Meeting bans plastic bags|url=http://www.amherstbulletin.com/Plastic-bags-to-be-banned-in-Amherst-stores-beginning-in-2017-2510894|publisher=Amherst Bulletin|access-date=July 18, 2016|date=June 2, 2016}}</ref>
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| [[Andover, Massachusetts|Town of Andover]]
| {{Date table sorting|May 2, 2018}}
| {{Date table sorting|January 2, 2019}}
| Plastic bag ban. Reusable bags must be at least 4 mils and if plastic must be made of [[polypropylene]] or [[polyester]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bode |first1=Kelsey |title=Night two: Residents ban plastic bags from grocery, liquor, convenience stores |url=http://www.andovertownsman.com/news/night-two-residents-ban-plastic-bags-from-grocery-liquor-convenience/article_8ee97939-7bf2-5323-86c2-c62ec582986b.html |access-date=October 16, 2018 |work=Andover Townsman |date=May 10, 2018}}</ref>
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| [[Aquinnah, Massachusetts|Town of Aquinnah]]
| {{Date table sorting|May 10, 2016}}
| {{Date table sorting|January 1, 2017}}
| Plastic bag ban. Reusable bags must be at least 4 mils.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Saltzberg|first1=Rich|title=Aquinnah mostly said yes at annual town meeting|url=http://www.mvtimes.com/2016/05/11/aquinnah-mostly-said-yes-annual-town-meeting/|publisher=The Martha's Vineyard Times|access-date=July 18, 2016|date=May 11, 2016}}</ref>
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| [[Arlington, Massachusetts|Town of Arlington]]
| {{Date table sorting|April 26, 2017}}
| {{Date table sorting|March 1, 2018}} (large stores)<ref name="arlington.wickedlocal.com">{{cite web|last1=Berkowitz|first1=Bram|title=Town Meeting run-down April 26: Marijuana moratorium, plastic bag ban, pride commission pass|url=http://arlington.wickedlocal.com/news/20170427/town-meeting-run-down-april-26-marijuana-moratorium-plastic-bag-ban-pride-commission-pass|website=Wicked Local Arlington|access-date=May 1, 2017|date=April 27, 2017}}</ref>
| Plastic bag ban. Reusable bags must be at least 4 mils. Paper bags must contain at least 40% post-consumer recycled paper content.
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| [[Arlington, Massachusetts|Town of Arlington]]
| {{Date table sorting|April 26, 2017}}
| {{Date table sorting|July 1, 2018}} (for all stores)<ref name="arlington.wickedlocal.com"/>
| Plastic bag ban. Reusable bags must be at least 4 mils. Paper bags must contain at least 40% post-consumer recycled paper content.
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| [[Auburn, Massachusetts|Town of Auburn]]
| {{Date table sorting|October 7, 2019}}<ref>{{cite web |last1=Semon |first1=Craig S. |title=Auburn passes plastic bag restrictions |url=https://www.telegram.com/news/20191015/auburn-passes-plastic-bag-restrictions |website=Worcester Telegram & Gazette |publisher=Gannett Co. |access-date=November 21, 2019 |date=October 15, 2019}}</ref>
| {{Date table sorting|March 2020}}
| Plastic bag ban. Reusable bags must be at least 4 mils. Paper bags must contain at least 40% post-consumer recycled paper content.<ref>{{cite web |title=Town of Auburn Annual Town Meeting October 15, 2019 |url=https://www.auburnguide.com/Archive.aspx?ADID=1431 |publisher=Town of Auburn |access-date=November 21, 2019}}</ref>
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| [[Barnstable, Massachusetts|Town of Barnstable]]
| {{Date table sorting|September 3, 2015}}
| {{Date table sorting|September 2016}}
| Plastic bag ban. Reusable bags must be at least 3 mils.<ref>{{cite news|title=Barnstable Town Council Bans Plastic Bags|url=http://www.capecod.com/newscenter/barnstable-town-council-bans-plastic-bags/|access-date=September 5, 2015|work=Cape Cod Times|date=September 4, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Meeting Agenda|url=http://www.townofbarnstable.us/BoardsCommittees/TownCouncil/Agendas/2015/09-03-15_Agend.pdf|website=Town of Barnstable|access-date=September 5, 2015|pages=10–12|date=September 3, 2015}}</ref>
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| [[Bedford, Massachusetts|Town of Bedford]]
| {{Date table sorting|March 27, 2017}}
| {{Date table sorting|October 1, 2017}}
| Plastic bag ban. Reusable bags must be at least 2.5 mils.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Collings|first1=Jesse|title=Bedford Town Meeting approves plastic bag ban|url=http://bedford.wickedlocal.com/news/20170328/bedford-town-meeting-approves-plastic-bag-ban |access-date=April 13, 2017|publisher=Gatehouse Media|date=March 28, 2017}}</ref>
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| [[Belmont, Massachusetts|Town of Belmont]]
| {{Date table sorting|July 16, 2018}}
| {{Date table sorting|April 17, 2019}}
| Plastic bag ban. Reusable bags must be at least 4.0 mils. Paper bags must contain at least 40% post-consumer recycled paper content.<ref>{{cite web |title=Belmont, MA Bylaws |url=https://ecode360.com/33634002 |publisher=Town of Belmont |access-date=August 19, 2019}}</ref>
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| [[Beverly, Massachusetts|City of Beverly]]
| {{Date table sorting|June 18, 2018}}
| {{Date table sorting|January 1, 2019}}
| Plastic bag ban. Reusable bags must be more than 4 mils. Paper bags must contain at least 40% post-consumer recycled paper content.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Copeland |first1=Dave |title=Beverly Passes Plastic Bag Ban The new rules take effect January 1, 2019 and call for $50 fines for businesses that continue to give non-reusable bags to customers |url=https://patch.com/massachusetts/beverly/beverly-passes-plastic-bag-ban |website=Beverly Patch |access-date=July 12, 2018 |date=June 20, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Article VI: Bring Your Own Bag |url=https://www.ecode360.com/33339403 |publisher=City of Beverly |access-date=November 21, 2018}}</ref>
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| [[Boston, Massachusetts|City of Boston]]
| {{Date table sorting|December 17, 2017}}<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hilliard |first1=John |last2=Capelouto |first2=J.D. |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2017/12/17/walsh-signs-ban-plastic-bags-for-boston/tmnDLNF0HtJTkRzvLWsg2L/story.html |title=Mayor Walsh signs ban on plastic bags for Boston |work=[[The Boston Globe]] |date=December 17, 2017 |access-date=December 18, 2017 }}</ref>
| {{Date table sorting|December 2018}}
| Plastic bag ban. Reusable bags must be at least 3 mils. Paper bags must contain at least 40% post-consumer recycled paper content. Fee of 5¢ on single-use bags. Compostable plastic bags allowed.
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| [[Bridgewater, Massachusetts|Town of Bridgewater]]
| {{Date table sorting|March 8, 2016}}
| {{Date table sorting|September 2016}}
| Plastic bag ban for chain and larger stores (basically 3000 square feet). Reusable bags must be at least 2.5 mils.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Hyman|first1=Rebecca|title=Bridgewater passes plastic bag ban|url=http://bridgewater.wickedlocal.com/article/20160308/NEWS/160305995|access-date=March 9, 2016|publisher=Gatehouse Media, Inc.}}</ref>
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| [[Brookline, Massachusetts|Town of Brookline]]
| {{Date table sorting|November 2012}}
| {{Date table sorting|December 1, 2013}}
| Non-biodegradable plastic shopping bag ban for larger retailers (basically 2500 square feet), and produce bags for large supermarkets (6000 square feet). Reusable bags must be at least 4 mils (as amended on November 15, 2016).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boston.com/yourtown/news/brookline/2012/11/brookline_bans_disposable_plas.html|title=Brookline bans disposable plastic check out bags in supermarkets|publisher=Boston.com|access-date=August 1, 2013|date=January 11, 2016}}</ref>
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| [[Burlington, Massachusetts|Town of Burlington]]
| {{Date table sorting|January 28, 2019}}
| {{Date table sorting|June 28, 2019}}
| Plastic shopping bag ban. Reusable bags cannot be made of polyethylene or polyvinyl chloride, and must be more than 3 mils thick. Paper bags must contain at least 40% post-consumer recycled paper content.<ref>{{cite web |title=Town Meeting Warrant |url=http://www.burlington.org/FINAL%20JANUARY%2028%202019%20WARRANT%20FOR%20PRINTER%202.pdf |website=Town of Burlington |access-date=January 30, 2019 |archive-date=January 30, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190130110342/http://www.burlington.org/FINAL%20JANUARY%2028%202019%20WARRANT%20FOR%20PRINTER%202.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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| [[Cambridge, Massachusetts|City of Cambridge]]
| {{Date table sorting|March 30, 2015}}
| {{Date table sorting|March 31, 2016}}
| Plastic bag ban. Reusable bags must be at least 3 mils. Paper bags must contain at least 40% post-consumer recycled paper content. Fee of 10¢ on single-use bags. Compostable plastic bags allowed.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Boroyan|first1=Nate|title=Cambridge Is the Largest East Coast City to Ban Single-Use, Plastic Checkout Bags|url=http://bostinno.streetwise.co/2015/03/31/cambridge-plastic-checkout-bags-ban-bring-your-own-bag-ordinance-passed/|access-date=April 4, 2015|publisher=BostonInno|date=March 31, 2015}}</ref>
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| [[Chatham, Massachusetts|Town of Chatham]]
| {{Date table sorting|November 16, 2015}}
| {{Date table sorting|January 1, 2017}}
| Plastic bag ban. Reusable bags must be at least 2.5 mils.<ref>{{cite web|title=Single Use Plastic Bag Ban Regulation|url=http://www.chatham-ma.gov/public_documents/ChathamMA_Health/Plastic%20Bag%20Ban_Chatham%20BOH_Effective%201_1_16.pdf|publisher=Town of Chatham|access-date=April 15, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160423081851/http://www.chatham-ma.gov/public_documents/ChathamMA_Health/Plastic%20Bag%20Ban_Chatham%20BOH_Effective%201_1_16.pdf|archive-date=April 23, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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|[[Chicopee, Massachusetts|City of Chicopee]]
|October 1, 2024
|June 1, 2025
|Retail plastic bag ban.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Garnet|first=Tyler|date=2024-10-08|title=Chicopee officially bans single use plastic bags for retail stores |url=https://thereminder.com/local-news/chicopee-officially-bans-single-use-plastic-bags-for-retail-stores|access-date=2024-10-19|website=The Reminder|language=en-US}}</ref>
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| [[Chilmark, Massachusetts|Town of Chilmark]]
| {{Date table sorting|April 25, 2016}}
| {{Date table sorting|January 1, 2017}}
| Plastic bag ban. Reusable bags must be at least 4 mils. Paper bags must contain at least 40% post-consumer recycled paper content.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Elvin|first1=Alex|title=Chilmark Says No to Beer and Wine, Yes to Plastic Bag Ban|url=https://vineyardgazette.com/news/2016/04/25/chilmark-says-no-beer-and-wine-yes-plastic-bag-ban|access-date=April 27, 2016|work=Vineyard Gazette|date=April 25, 2016}}</ref>
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| [[Cohasset, Massachusetts|Town of Cohasset]]
| {{Date table sorting|April 30, 2018}}<ref>{{cite news |last1=Adams |first1=Abigail |title=Plastic bag ban passes in Cohasset |url=http://cohasset.wickedlocal.com/news/20180501/plastic-bag-ban-passes-in-cohasset |access-date=December 17, 2018 |publisher=Gatehouse Media |date=May 1, 2018}}</ref>
| {{Date table sorting|November 1, 2018}}
| Non-biodegradable plastic shopping bag ban. Reusable bags cannot be made of polyethylene or polyvinyl chloride, and must be more than 4 mils thick. Paper bags must contain at least 40% post-consumer recycled paper content.
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| [[Concord, Massachusetts|Town of Concord]]
| {{Date table sorting|April 2015}}
| {{Date table sorting|January 1, 2016}}
| Plastic bag ban. Reusable bags must be at least 2.5 mils.<ref>{{cite news|title=Here's how you voted on Town Meeting articles|url=http://concord.wickedlocal.com/article/20150415/NEWS/150417551/12581/NEWS|access-date=April 17, 2015|work=Wicked Local Concord|publisher=Gatehouse Media, Inc.}}</ref>
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| [[Dartmouth, Massachusetts|Town of Dartmouth]]
| {{Date table sorting|June 5, 2018}}<ref>{{cite news |last1=Chiavaroli |first1=Aimee |title=Dartmouth passes ban on thin-film plastic bags |url=http://www.southcoasttoday.com/news/20180605/dartmouth-passes-ban-on-thin-film-plastic-bags |access-date=June 8, 2018 |work=South Coast Today |publisher=GateHouse Media, LLC |date=June 5, 2018 |archive-date=June 12, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612141756/http://www.southcoasttoday.com/news/20180605/dartmouth-passes-ban-on-thin-film-plastic-bags |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| {{Date table sorting|2019|format=hide}}late 2019
| Plastic bag ban. Reusable bags must be at least 1 mil.<ref>{{cite web |title=Spring Annual Town Meeting Warrant |url=https://www.town.dartmouth.ma.us/town-clerk/files/01-spring-annual-town-meeting-warrant |publisher=Town of Dartmouth |access-date=June 8, 2018}}</ref>
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| [[Duxbury, Massachusetts|Town of Duxbury]]
| {{Date table sorting|March 13, 2017}}<ref>{{cite news|last1=Cedrone|first1=David|title=Duxbury: Town Meeting Passes Article 15, One House on One Lot|url=http://959watd.com/blog/2017/03/duxbury-town-meeting-passes-article-15-one-house-on-one-lot/|access-date=April 13, 2017|publisher=WATD FM|date=March 14, 2017|archive-date=April 13, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170413153318/http://959watd.com/blog/2017/03/duxbury-town-meeting-passes-article-15-one-house-on-one-lot/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| {{Date table sorting|2018}}
| Plastic bag ban. Reusable bags must be at least 3 mils.
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| [[Easton, Massachusetts|Town of Easton]]
| {{Date table sorting|November 12, 2019}}
| {{Date table sorting|June 2020}}
| Plastic bag ban. Reusable bags cannot be made of polyethylene or polyvinyl chloride, and must be at least 4 mils thick.<ref>{{cite web |title=Town of Easton Commonwealth of Massachusetts Special Town Meeting Warrant and Results|date= November 12, 2019 |url=https://eastontownma.documents-on-demand.com/document/c01fdc8e-61f6-e911-a2d5-000c29a59557/STM%20Final%20Warrant%20November%2012,%202019.PDF&fromFrame=1 |website=Town of Easton |access-date=December 2, 2019}}</ref>
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| [[Eastham, Massachusetts|Town of Eastham]]
| {{Date table sorting|May 6, 2019}}
| {{Date table sorting|January 1, 2020}}
| Plastic bag ban.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bragg |first1=Mary Ann |title=Eastham voters back driving range purchase |url=https://www.capecodtimes.com/news/20190506/eastham-voters-back-driving-range-purchase |access-date=May 9, 2019 |work=Cape Cod Times |date=May 6, 2019 |archive-date=May 9, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190509140236/https://www.capecodtimes.com/news/20190506/eastham-voters-back-driving-range-purchase |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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| [[Edgartown, Massachusetts|Town of Edgartown]]
| {{Date table sorting|April 12, 2016}}
| {{Date table sorting|January 1, 2017}}
| Plastic bag ban. Reusable bags must be at least 4 mils.<ref name="mv">{{cite news|last1=Wells|first1=Julia|title=Voters Back Plastic Bag Ban, Defeat Refuse District Expansion|url=https://vineyardgazette.com/news/2016/04/12/voters-back-plastic-bag-ban-defeat-refuse-district-expansion|access-date=April 15, 2016|work=Vineyard Gazette|date=April 12, 2016}}</ref>
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| [[Fairhaven, Massachusetts|Town of Fairhaven]]
| {{Date table sorting|May 6, 2023}}
| {{Date table sorting|January 1, 2024}}
| Thin-film plastic bag ban.<ref>{{cite web |title=Town of Fairhaven Warrant |url=https://www.fairhaven-ma.gov/sites/g/files/vyhlif7541/f/pages/2023_annual_town_meeting_warrant.pdf |publisher=Town of Fairhaven |access-date=August 7, 2023 |date=April 18, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Ferreira |first1=Matthew |title=Fairhaven Town Meeting voters have sent an override to the polls. Read on. |url=https://www.southcoasttoday.com/story/news/2023/05/09/fairhaven-town-meeting-oks-override-budget/70196321007/ |access-date=August 7, 2023 |publisher=South Coast Today |date=May 9, 2023}}</ref>
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| [[Falmouth, Massachusetts|Town of Falmouth]]
| {{Date table sorting|November 2014}}
| {{Date table sorting|May 2016}}
| Plastic bag ban. Reusable bags must be at least 2.5 mils.<ref>{{cite news|title=Falmouth becomes second Cape town to ban plastic checkout bags|url=http://www.capecodonline.com/article/20141119/NEWS/141119399/-1/rss01|access-date=November 20, 2014|work=Cape Cod Times|publisher=Gatehouse Media, Inc.|date=November 19, 2014}}</ref>
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| [[Framingham, Massachusetts|Town of Framingham]]
| {{Date table sorting|May 12, 2016}}
| {{Date table sorting|January 1, 2018}}
| Plastic bag ban. Reusable bags must be at least 2.5 mils.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Haddadin|first1=Jim|title=Framingham: Town Meeting approves ban on plastic bags|url=http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/article/20160512/news/160517850|website=The MetroWest Daily News|publisher=Gatehouse Media, Inc.|access-date=July 18, 2016|date=May 12, 2016}}</ref>
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| [[Franklin, Massachusetts|Town of Franklin]]
| {{Date table sorting|February 12, 2020}}
| {{Date table sorting|July 1, 2020}}
| Plastic bag ban. Reusable bags must have stitched handles and cannot made of polyethylene or polyvinyl chloride. Paper bags must contain at least 40% post-consumer recycled paper content.<ref>{{cite news |last1=McCarron |first1=Heather |title=Franklin adopts plastic bags ban |url=https://www.metrowestdailynews.com/news/20200214/franklin-adopts-plastic-bags-ban/1 |access-date=February 15, 2020 |work=MetroWest Daily News |date=February 14, 2020}}</ref>
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| [[Georgetown, Massachusetts|Town of Georgetown]]
| {{Date table sorting|May 7, 2018}}<ref>{{cite news |last1=McGonigle |first1=Bryan |title=Plastic bag ban, pot sale rules among Georgetown Town Meeting highlights |url=https://georgetown.wickedlocal.com/news/20180508/plastic-bag-ban-pot-sale-rules-among-georgetown-town-meeting-highlights |access-date=January 3, 2020 |work=Georgetown Record |publisher=Gannett Co., Inc. |date=May 8, 2018}}</ref>
| {{Date table sorting|September 2019}}
| Plastic bag ban. Reusable bags must be more than 2.5 mils.<ref>{{cite web |title=Annual & Special Town Meeting|date=May 7, 2018 |url=https://www.georgetownma.gov/town-clerk/minutes/annual-special-town-meeting-minutes-2 |website=Town of Georgetown |access-date=January 3, 2020}}</ref>
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| [[Gloucester, Massachusetts|City of Gloucester]]
| {{Date table sorting|November 14, 2017}}
| {{Date table sorting|January 1, 2019}}
| Plastic bag ban. Paper bags must contain at least 40% post-consumer recycled paper content. Reusable bags cannot be made of polyethylene or polyvinyl chloride, and must be more than 2.25 mils.<ref>{{cite web |title=Article II – Plastic Bags|url=https://library.municode.com/ma/gloucester/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIICOOR_CH9TRRELI_ARTIIPLBA |publisher=City of Gloucester |access-date=November 21, 2018}}</ref>
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| [[Grafton, Massachusetts|Town of Grafton]]
| {{Date table sorting|May 2017}}
| {{Date table sorting|July 1, 2018}}
| Plastic bag ban. Paper bags must contain at least 40% post-consumer recycled paper content.
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| [[Great Barrington, Massachusetts|Town of Great Barrington]]
| {{Date table sorting|May 2013}}
| {{Date table sorting|2013}}
| Plastic bag ban. Reusable bags must be at least 2.5 mils.<ref>{{cite web|last=Sakata|first=John|title=Great Barrington retailers ready to embrace new plastic bag ban|url=http://www.berkshireeagle.com/ci_23350312/great-barrington-retailers-ready-embrace-new-plastic-bag|work=Berkshire Eagle|access-date=February 25, 2014|archive-date=September 23, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923183912/http://www.berkshireeagle.com/ci_23350312/great-barrington-retailers-ready-embrace-new-plastic-bag|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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| [[Greenfield, Massachusetts|City of Greenfield]]
| {{Date table sorting|January 16, 2019}}<ref>{{cite news |last1=Solomon |first1=Joshua |title=Divided council bans plastic bags |url=https://www.recorder.com/plastic-ban-22829046 |access-date=January 18, 2019 |work=Greenfield Recorder |date=January 16, 2019}}</ref>
| {{Date table sorting|January 2020}}
| Plastic bag ban. Fee of 5¢ on paper bags goes into effect in January 2021.
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|[[Hadley, Massachusetts|Town of Hadley]]
|{{Date table sorting|May 5, 2022}}
|{{Date table sorting|January 1, 2023}}
|Single-use plastic bag ban.<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 6, 2022 |title=Hadley Town Meeting approves ban on single-use plastic bags |url=https://www.gazettenet.com/Hadley-adopts-plastic-bag-ban-at-Annual-Town-Meeting-46256946 |access-date=May 6, 2022 |website=Daily Hampshire Gazette}}</ref>
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| [[Hamilton, Massachusetts|Town of Hamilton]]
| {{Date table sorting|April 11, 2015}}
| {{Date table sorting|July 27, 2016}}
| Non-biodegradable plastic bag ban. Reusable bags must be at least 3 mils.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Lowery|first1=Brooklyn|title=Hamilton Receives Approval for Plastic Bag, Polystyrene Ban|url=http://patch.com/massachusetts/hamilton-wenham/hamilton-receives-approval-plastic-bag-polystyrene-ban-0|website=Hamilton-Wenham Patch|publisher=Patch Media|access-date=January 7, 2016|date=September 22, 2015}}</ref>
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| [[Hanson, Massachusetts|Town of Hanson]]
| {{Date table sorting|October 7, 2019}}
| {{Date table sorting|June 1, 2020}}
| Plastic bag ban. Paper bags must contain at least 20% or 40% post-consumer recycled paper content.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Seelye |first1=Tracy F. |title=Hanson OKs plastic bag ban |url=http://whitmanhansonexpress.com/hanson-oks-plastic-bag-ban/ |access-date=November 21, 2019 |work=Whitman-Hanson Express |date=October 10, 2019}}</ref>
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| [[Harwich, Massachusetts|Town of Harwich]]
| {{Date table sorting|May 4, 2015}}
| {{Date table sorting|May 2016}}
| Plastic bag ban. Reusable bags must be at least 2.5 mils.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Fraser|first1=Doug|title=Harwich town meeting update: Bag ban passes|url=http://www.capecodtimes.com/article/20150504/NEWS/150509730/-1/WAP06|access-date=May 5, 2015|work=Cape Cod Times|date=May 4, 2015}}</ref>
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| [[Haverhill, Massachusetts|City of Haverhill]]
| {{Date table sorting|August 7, 2018}}<ref>{{cite news |last1=Blessing |first1=Kiera |title=Haverhill council approves citywide plastic bag ban |url=https://www.eagletribune.com/news/haverhill/haverhill-council-approves-citywide-plastic-bag-ban/article_26abf075-3a17-5f32-811c-a4d520a4267d.html |access-date=October 26, 2018 |work=Eagle-Tribune |date=August 7, 2018}}</ref>
| {{Date table sorting|January 7, 2019}}
| Plastic bag ban. Reusable bags must be at least 3 mils. Paper bags must contain at least 40% post-consumer recycled paper content.
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| [[Hudson, Massachusetts|Town of Hudson]]
| {{Date table sorting|November 18, 2019}}
| {{Date table sorting|June 1, 2020}}
| Plastic bag ban. Paper bags must contain at least 20% or 40% post-consumer recycled paper content. Reusable plastic bags cannot be made of polyethylene or polyvinyl chloride.<ref>{{cite web |title=Special Town Meeting Warrant |url=https://www.townofhudson.org/town-clerk/files/town-meeting-warrant-november-18-2019 |publisher=Town of Hudson |access-date=November 21, 2019}}</ref>
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| [[Hull, Massachusetts|Town of Hull]]
| {{Date table sorting|May 6, 2019}}
| {{Date table sorting|January 1, 2020}}
| Plastic bag ban. Paper bags must contain at least 40% post-consumer recycled paper content.<ref>{{cite web |title=Warrant for the May 6, 2019 Annual Town Meeting |url=http://www.town.hull.ma.us/Public_Documents/HullMA_Select/TownMeeting/ATM%20and%20ATE.pdf |publisher=Town of Hull |access-date=May 9, 2019 }}{{Dead link|date=July 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
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| [[Ipswich, Massachusetts|Town of Ipswich]]
| {{Date table sorting|May 10, 2016}}
| {{Date table sorting|August 2017|format=hide}}c. August 2017
| Plastic bag ban. Reusable bags must be at least 3 mils.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Ostuni|first1=Amanda|title=Town adopts ban on styrofoam, plastic bags|url=http://www.salemnews.com/news/local_news/town-adopts-ban-on-styrofoam-plastic-bags/article_0271cbd9-f21c-5c06-82f5-1690b7c5172f.html|access-date=February 2, 2017|work=Salem News|date=May 10, 2016}}</ref>
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| [[Lee, Massachusetts|Town of Lee]]
| {{Date table sorting|May 10, 2016}}
| {{Date table sorting|May 10, 2017}}
| Plastic bag ban including produce bags. Reusable plastic bags must be at least 4 mils. Paper bags must contain at least 40% post-consumer recycled paper content.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Lindsay|first1=Dick|title=Plastic bag, polystyrene ban highlight Lee annual town meeting|url=http://www.berkshireeagle.com/local/ci_29875418/plastic-bag-polystyrene-ban-highlight-lee-annual-town|publisher=The Berkshire Eagle|access-date=July 18, 2016|date=May 10, 2016|archive-date=August 16, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160816080632/http://www.berkshireeagle.com/local/ci_29875418/plastic-bag-polystyrene-ban-highlight-lee-annual-town|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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| [[Lenox, Massachusetts|Town of Lenox]]
| {{Date table sorting|June 9, 2016}}
| {{Date table sorting|June 9, 2017}}
| Plastic bag ban. Reusable plastic bags must be at least 4 mils. Paper bags must contain at least 40% post-consumer recycled paper content.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Lindsay|first1=Dick|title=Lenox Board of Health adopts ban on plastic bags, foam containers|url=http://www.berkshireeagle.com/local/ci_30001705/lenox-board-health-adopts-ban-plastic-bags-foam|publisher=The Berkshire Eagle|access-date=July 18, 2016|date=June 11, 2016|archive-date=July 27, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160727182801/http://www.berkshireeagle.com/local/ci_30001705/lenox-board-health-adopts-ban-plastic-bags-foam|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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| [[Lexington, Massachusetts|Town of Lexington]]
| {{Date table sorting|March 27, 2018}}
| {{Date table sorting|January 1, 2019}}
| Plastic bag ban. Reusable plastic bags must be at least 2.25 mils.<ref>{{cite web|title=Article 33: Amend Town Bylaw- Ban Plastic Bags|url=https://www.lexingtonma.gov/town-meeting/files/atm2018article-33-final-motion-323|website=Town of Lexington|access-date=March 27, 2018}}</ref>
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| [[Lincoln, Massachusetts|Town of Lincoln]]
| {{Date table sorting|March 24, 2018}}
| {{Date table sorting|January 1, 2019}}
| Plastic bag ban. Reusable plastic bags must be more than 4 mils. Paper bags must contain at least 40% post-consumer recycled paper content.<ref>{{cite web|title=Town of Lincoln, Massachusetts Annual Town Meeting Motions Saturday, March 24, 2018|url=http://www.lincolntown.org/DocumentCenter/View/35366|publisher=Town of Lincoln|access-date=March 27, 2018}}</ref>
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| [[Longmeadow, Massachusetts|Town of Longmeadow]]
| {{Date table sorting|October 16, 2018}}<ref>{{cite news |last1=Linscott |first1=Elise |title=Plastic bag ban passes into bylaw at Longmeadow Special Town Meeting Updated Oct 17 |url=https://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2018/10/plastic_bag_ban_passes_into_by.html |access-date=October 18, 2018 |work=MassLive |publisher=Advance Local Media LLC |date=October 17, 2018}}</ref>
| {{Date table sorting|April 16, 2019}}
| Plastic bag ban. Reusable plastic bags must be more than 4 mils. Reusable bags cannot be made of polyethylene or polyvinyl chloride, and must be more than 4 mils. Paper bags must contain at least 40% post-consumer recycled paper content.
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| [[Lowell, Massachusetts|City of Lowell]]
| {{Date table sorting|May 29, 2018}}
| {{Date table sorting|January 1, 2019}}
| Plastic bag ban. Reusable plastic bags must be more than 4 mils. Paper bags must contain at least 40% post-consumer recycled paper content.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Sobey|first1=Rick|title=Lowell Council OKs plastic-bag ban|url=http://www.lowellsun.com/breakingnews/ci_31910039/lowell-council-oks-plastic-bag-ban|access-date=May 29, 2018|work=Lowell Sun|date=May 29, 2018}}</ref>
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| [[Lunenburg, Massachusetts|Town of Lunenburg]]
| {{Date table sorting|November 13, 2018}}
| {{Date table sorting|July 1, 2019}}
| Plastic bag ban. Reusable plastic bags must be more than 2.5 mils.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Corpuz |first1=Mina |title=Plastic bag ban approved in Lunenburg |url=http://www.sentinelandenterprise.com/news/ci_32273142/plastic-bag-ban-approved-lunenburg |access-date=February 21, 2019 |work=Sentinel & Enterprise}}</ref>
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| [[Lynn, Massachusetts|City of Lynn]]
| {{Date table sorting|April 9, 2019}}
| {{Date table sorting|September 1, 2019}}
| Plastic bag ban.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Cawley |first1=Gayla |title=Lynn votes to ban single-use plastic bags |url=https://www.itemlive.com/2019/04/09/lynn-board-of-health-bans-plastic-bags-in-the-city/ |access-date=April 15, 2019 |work=Lynn Item |date=April 9, 2019}}</ref>
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| [[Manchester-by-the-Sea|Town of Manchester-by-the-Sea]]
| {{Date table sorting|April 2013}}
| {{Date table sorting|January 2014}}
| Plastic bag ban. Reusable plastic bags must be greater than 2.5 mils. Compostable plastic bags allowed.<ref>{{cite web|last=Nicastro|first=Dom|title=Manchester bans plastic bags in stores|url=http://www.wickedlocal.com/x1551276406/Manchester-bans-plastic-bags-in-stores|access-date=February 25, 2014|archive-date=July 3, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150703155309/http://www.wickedlocal.com/x1551276406/Manchester-bans-plastic-bags-in-stores|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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| [[Marblehead, Massachusetts|Town of Marblehead]]
| {{Date table sorting|May 5, 2014}}
| {{Date table sorting|May 2015}}
| Plastic bag ban. Reusable bags must be at least 3 mils.<ref>{{cite news|title=Marblehead Town Meeting adopts plastic-bag, Styrofoam bans; rejects CPA|url=http://marblehead.wickedlocal.com/article/20140505/NEWS/140507887|access-date=May 7, 2014|newspaper=Marblehead Reporter|date=May 6, 2014}}</ref>
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| [[Mashpee, Massachusetts|Town of Mashpee]]
| {{Date table sorting|October 17, 2016}}
| {{Date table sorting|January 1, 2017}}
| Plastic bag ban. Reusable bags must be at least 4 mils.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mashpee Town Meeting Voters Approve Plastic Bag Ban; School Projects|url=http://www.capecod.com/newscenter/mashpee-town-meeting-voters-approve-plastic-bag-ban-school-projects/|website=CapeCod.com|publisher=Cape Cod Broadcasting Media|access-date=February 2, 2017|date=October 18, 2016}}</ref>
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| [[Medfield, Massachusetts|Town of Medfield]]
| {{Date table sorting|April 28, 2019}}<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sullivan |first1=Colleen M. |title=YES Votes For Plastic Bag Ban makes Medfield 100th in Mass |url=https://patch.com/massachusetts/medfield/yes-votes-plastic-bag-ban-makes-medfield-100th-mass |access-date=May 9, 2019 |date=April 29, 2019}}</ref>
| {{Date table sorting|November 1, 2019}}
| Plastic bag ban. Paper bags must contain at least 40% post-consumer recycled paper content.
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| [[Medford, Massachusetts|City of Medford]]
| {{Date table sorting|February 2019}}
| {{Date table sorting|July 16, 2019}}
| Plastic bag ban. Reusable plastic bags must be more than 4 mils. Paper bags must contain at least 40% post-consumer recycled paper content.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Newman |first1=Alex |title=Medford Plastic Bag Ban To Start This Summer |url=https://patch.com/massachusetts/medford/medford-plastic-bag-ban-start-summer |publisher=Patch |access-date=February 9, 2019 |date=February 7, 2019}}</ref>
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| [[Medway, Massachusetts|Town of Medway]]
| {{Date table sorting|November 19, 2019}}
| {{Date table sorting|July 1, 2020}}
| Plastic bag ban.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Young |first1=Lauren |title=Medway bans plastic check-out bags |url=https://www.milforddailynews.com/news/20191119/medway-bans-plastic-check-out-bags |access-date=February 15, 2020 |work=Milford Daily News |date=November 19, 2019 |archive-date=February 15, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200215163549/https://www.milforddailynews.com/news/20191119/medway-bans-plastic-check-out-bags |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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| [[Melrose, Massachusetts|City of Melrose]]
| {{Date table sorting|December 18, 2017}}
| {{Date table sorting|July 1, 2018}}<ref>{{cite news|last1=Powers-Smith|first1=Conor|title=Melrose officially adopts plastic bag ban following long campaign|url=http://melrose.wickedlocal.com/news/20171219/melrose-officially-adopts-plastic-bag-ban-following-long-campaign|access-date=March 9, 2018|publisher=GateHouse Media|date=December 19, 2017}}</ref>
| Plastic bag ban. Reusable plastic bags must be at least 4 mils. Paper bags must contain at least 40% post-consumer recycled paper content.
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| [[Milton, Massachusetts|Town of Milton]]
| {{Date table sorting|October 23, 2018}}
| {{Date table sorting|July 1, 2019}}
| Plastic bag ban. Reusable plastic bags must be more than 4 mils and not made of polyethylene or polyvinyl chloride. Paper bags must contain at least 40% post-consumer recycled paper content.<ref>{{cite web |title=Town of Milton 2018 October Town Meeting |url=https://www.townofmilton.org/town-moderator/files/october-22-2018-stm-warrant |website=Town of Milton |access-date=October 26, 2018}}</ref>
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| [[Natick, Massachusetts|Town of Natick]]
| {{Date table sorting|January 10, 2017}}
| {{Date table sorting|August 1, 2017}}
| Plastic bag ban. Reusable bags must be at least 2 mils. Paper bags must have at least 40% post-consumer recycled  content.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Benson|first1=Brian|title=Natick Board of Health restricts plastic bag use|url=http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/news/20170131/natick-board-of-health-restricts-plastic-bag-use|website=MetroWest Daily News|access-date=February 1, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Natick Board of Health Regulation Chapter 27 Single-use Plastic Check-out Bag Reduction|url=http://www.natickma.gov/documentcenter/view/4314|publisher=Town of Natick|access-date=February 1, 2017}}{{Dead link|date=May 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
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| [[Newburyport, Massachusetts|City of Newburyport]]
| {{Date table sorting|September 8, 2014}}
| {{Date table sorting|March 29, 2015}}
| Plastic bag ban. Reusable bags must be at least 3 mils.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Landergan|first1=Katherine|title=Newburyport advances toward ban on plastic shopping bags|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/regionals/north/2014/09/13/newburyport-advances-toward-ban-plastic-shopping-bags/YMIWgKE6qL7eiNDZsVyv3J/story.html|access-date=October 2, 2014|work=Boston Globe|date=September 14, 2014}}</ref>
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| [[Newton, Massachusetts|City of Newton]]
| {{Date table sorting|January 20, 2015}}
| {{Date table sorting|July 2015}}
| Plastic bag ban. Paper bags must contain at least 40% post-consumer recycled paper content.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Morrison|first1=Jim|title=Newton to ban plastic bags|url=http://newton.wickedlocal.com/article/20150121/NEWS/150129116/11473/NEWS|publisher=Gatehouse Media, Inc.|access-date=January 22, 2015|date=January 21, 2015}}</ref> And as amended on July 8, 2019, reusable bags must be more than 4 mils and not made of polyethylene or polyvinyl chloride, and there is a fee of 10¢ on all shopping bags.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Cohen |first1=Julie M. |title=Newton's 10-cent paper bag fee aims to help environment |url=https://newton.wickedlocal.com/news/20190710/newtons-10-cent-paper-bag-fee-aims-to-help-environment |access-date=July 18, 2019 |work=Newton TAB |date=July 10, 2019}}</ref>
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|[[North Andover, Massachusetts|Town of North Andover]]
|May 15, 2023
|January 1, 2024
|Plastic bag ban in food businesses with more than 3,000 square feet.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Duggan |first=Tom |date=May 17, 2023 |title=North Andover Voters Ban Plastic Bags, Pet Sales in Town |url=https://valleypatriot.com/north-andover-voters-ban-plastic-bags-pet-sales-in-town/ |access-date=May 19, 2023 |website=The Valley Patriot |language=en-US}}</ref>
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| [[North Attleborough, Massachusetts|Town of North Attleborough]]
| {{Date table sorting|June 3, 2019}}<ref name="GateHouse Media, LLC">{{cite news |last1=McCarron |first1=Heather |title=Wrentham, Plainville OK plastic bag bylaws |url=https://plainville.wickedlocal.com/news/20190605/wrentham-plainville-ok-plastic-bag-bylaws |access-date=June 7, 2019 |publisher=GateHouse Media, LLC |date=June 5, 2019}}</ref>
| {{Date table sorting|2020}}
| Plastic bag ban. Reusable plastic bags must be more than 4 mils. Compostable bags allowed.<ref>{{cite web |title=Proceedings Annual Town Meeting |date=June 3, 2019 |url=https://www.nattleboro.com/town-clerk/files/atm-june-2019 |publisher=Town of North Attleborough |access-date=June 7, 2019}}</ref>
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| [[Northampton, Massachusetts|City of Northampton]]
| {{Date table sorting|May 2015}}<ref name="WWLP">{{cite news|last1=Afonso|first1=Ashley|title=Plastic bags soon to be banned from Northampton|url=http://wwlp.com/2015/05/21/plastic-bags-soon-to-be-ban-from-northampton/|access-date=May 22, 2015|publisher=WWLP|date=May 21, 2015}}</ref>
| {{Date table sorting|January 1, 2016}}
| Plastic shopping bag ban. Reusable bags must be non-plastic. Ban includes produce bags which allows for certified compostable replacements. As amended on January 25, 2021.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jochem |first1=Greta |title=Northampton takes aim at plastic use by restaurants, retail businesses |url=https://www.gazettenet.com/City-Council-takes-first-vote-on-plastics-ordinance-38261549 |access-date=February 8, 2021 |work=Daily Hampshire Gazette |date=January 12, 2021}}</ref>
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| [[Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts|Town of Oak Bluffs]]
| {{Date table sorting|April 12, 2017}}
| {{Date table sorting|January 1, 2018}}
| Plastic bag ban. Reusable bags must be at least 4 mils.
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| [[Peabody, Massachusetts|City of Peabody]]
| {{Date table sorting|October 24, 2019}}
| {{Date table sorting|September 1, 2020}}
| Plastic bag ban.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bradford |first1=Taylor Ann |title=Peabody bags single-use bags |url=https://www.salemnews.com/news/local_news/peabody-bags-single-use-bags/article_a4ff7198-dd17-54c5-afb1-7fbdc5569662.html |access-date=November 12, 2021 |work=The Salem News |date=October 25, 2019}}</ref> Reusable plastic bags must be more than 5 mils. Paper bags must contain at least 40% post-consumer recycled paper content.<ref>{{cite web |title=Regulation Regarding the Use of Disposable Plastic Bags at Retail Establishments |url=https://peabody-ma.gov/health/plasticbagban.pdf |publisher=City of Peabody |access-date=November 12, 2021}}</ref>
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| [[Pembroke, Massachusetts|Town of Pembroke]]
| {{Date table sorting|October 23, 2018}}
| {{Date table sorting|July 1, 2019}}
| Plastic bag ban.<ref>{{cite web |title=Town of Pembroke, Massachuetts 2018 Special Town Meeting Warrant |url=https://www.pembroke-ma.gov/home/files/2018-fall-town-meeting-warrant |publisher=Town of Pembroke |access-date=October 26, 2018}}</ref>
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| [[Pepperell, Massachusetts|Town of Pepperell]]
| {{Date table sorting|October 21, 2018}}
| {{Date table sorting|January 1, 2019}}
| Plastic bag ban. Reusable plastic bags must be more than 4 mils. Paper bags must contain at least 40% post-consumer recycled paper content.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Winkler |first1=Jon |title=Pepperell Town Meeting passes multiple bylaws |url=https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/2019/10/25/pepperell-town-meeting-passes-multiple-bylaws/ |website=Nashoba Valley Voice |date=October 25, 2019 |access-date=November 21, 2019}}</ref>
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|[[Pittsfield, Massachusetts|City of Pittsfield]]
|March 26, 2019
|January 1, 2020. 
|Plastic bag ban. Reusable plastic bags must be more than 3 mils.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pittsfield Single Use Bag Ban |url=https://cms2.revize.com/revize/pittsfieldma/city_hall/community_development/open_space_program/uploads/Pittsfield%20Single%20Use%20Bag%20Ban.pdf |access-date=June 19, 2023 |website=City of Pittsfield}}</ref>
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| [[Plainville, Massachusetts|Town of Plainville]]
| {{Date table sorting|June 3, 2019}}<ref name="GateHouse Media, LLC"/>
| {{Date table sorting|2020}}
| Plastic bag ban. Reusable plastic bags must be more than 4 mils. Paper bags must contain at least 40% post-consumer recycled paper content.<ref>{{cite web |title=Warrant for the Annual Town Meeting |url=https://www.plainville.ma.us/sites/plainvillema/files/news/annual_town_meeting_warrant_june_3_2019_0.pdf |publisher=Town of Plainville |access-date=June 7, 2019}}</ref>
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| [[Plymouth, Massachusetts|Town of Plymouth]]
| {{Date table sorting|October 15, 2016}}
| {{Date table sorting|August 2017|format=hide}}c. August 2017
| Plastic bag ban. Reusable bags must be at least 3 mils. Paper bags must contain at least 40% post-consumer recycled paper content.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Mand|first1=Frank|title=Bag ban approved in Plymouth|url=http://plymouth.wickedlocal.com/news/20161018/bag-ban-approved-in-plymouth|access-date=February 2, 2017|date=October 18, 2016}}</ref>
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| [[Provincetown, Massachusetts|Town of Provincetown]]
| {{Date table sorting|October 27, 2014}}
| {{Date table sorting|April 15, 2015}}
| Plastic bag ban. Reusable bags must be at least 1.5 mils.<ref>{{cite news|title=Provincetown Special Town Meeting Bans Bags|url=http://www.capecod.com/newscenter/provincetown-special-town-meeting-bans-bags/|access-date=November 18, 2014|work=capecod.com|publisher=Cape Cod Broadcasting Media}}</ref>
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| [[Quincy, Massachusetts|City of Quincy]]
| {{Date table sorting|December 2, 2019}}
| 
| Plastic bag ban. Paper bags must contain at least 40% post-consumer recycled paper content.<ref>{{cite web |title=Article III Disposable Plastic Shopping Bags |url=https://ecode360.com/35963423 |publisher=City of Quincy |access-date=June 20, 2022}}</ref>
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|[[Raynham, Massachusetts|Town of Raynham]]
|May 17, 2021
|August 15, 2021
|Single-use plastic bag ban.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Article 23 |url=https://www.town.raynham.ma.us/sites/g/files/vyhlif1111/f/news/ag_posting_for_art._23_reduction_of_plastic_bags_bylaw-ag_approval_recd_9-9-21.pdf |access-date=October 20, 2023 |website=Town of Raynham Website}}</ref>
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| [[Reading, Massachusetts|Town of Reading]]
| {{Date table sorting|November 16, 2017}}
| {{Date table sorting|2018}}
| Plastic bag ban. Reusable bags cannot be made of polyethylene or polyvinyl chloride, and must be at least 3 mils. Paper bags must contain at least 40% post-consumer recycled paper content.<ref>{{cite web|title=Town Warrant|url=https://www.readingma.gov/sites/readingma/files/uploads/2017-11-13_warrant.pdf|website=Town of Reading|access-date=November 18, 2017|date=October 26, 2017}}</ref>
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| [[Revere, Massachusetts|City of Revere]]
| {{Date table sorting|April 22, 2019}}
| {{Date table sorting|September 1, 2019}}<ref>{{cite news |last1=Shuman |first1=Cary |title=Council Votes to Ban Single-Use Plastic Bags |url=https://reverejournal.com/2019/04/27/council-votes-to-ban-single-use-plastic-bags/ |access-date=July 11, 2019 |work=Revere Journal |date=April 27, 2019}}</ref>
| Single-use plastic bag ban. Paper bags must contain at least 40% post-consumer recycled paper content. Reusable bags must be more than 4 mils.<ref name="WWLP"/><ref>{{cite web |title=An Ordinance Prohibiting the Distribution of Single-Use, Disposible, Plastic Shopping Bags |url=https://fcms.s3.amazonaws.com/GB7r14nbKy-1182/docs/City-clerk/Ordinances/CouncilOrder18-036.AnOrdinanceProhibitingDisposablePlasticBags.pdf |publisher=City of Revere |access-date=July 11, 2019}}</ref>
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| [[Rockport, Massachusetts|Town of Rockport]]
| {{Date table sorting|September 17, 2017}}
| {{Date table sorting|March 1, 2018}}
| Plastic bag ban. Reusable bags cannot be made of polyethylene or polyvinyl chloride, and must be more than 4 mils. Paper bags must contain at least 40% post-consumer recycled paper content. Compostable plastic bags are permitted.<ref>{{cite web |title=Minutes, Fall Town, Meeting September 17, 2018 |url=https://www.rockportma.gov/town-clerk/minutes/fall-town-meeting-2 |website=Town of Rockport |access-date=October 16, 2018}}</ref>
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| [[Sandwich, Massachusetts|Town of Sandwich]]
| {{Date table sorting|November 28, 2016}}
| {{Date table sorting|May 2017}}
| Plastic shopping and produce bag ban. Reusable bags must be at least 4 mils. Paper bags must contain at least 40% post-consumer recycled paper content.<ref>{{cite web|title=Town of Sandwich Board of Health Regulations, Policies and Clarification of Policies|url=http://sandwichmass.org/PublicDocuments/Board%20of%20Health%20Regs%2011-28-2016.pdf|website=Town of Sandwich|access-date=July 12, 2017}}</ref>
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| [[Saugus, Massachusetts|Town of Saugus]]
| {{Date table sorting|May 6, 2019}}
| {{Date table sorting|January 1, 2020}}
| Plastic shopping bag ban.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gaffney |first1=Mike |title=Saugus Town Meeting members approve plastic bag ban |url=https://northofboston.wickedlocal.com/news/20190507/saugus-town-meeting-members-approve-plastic-bag-ban |access-date=May 9, 2019 |publisher=Gatehouse Media |date=May 7, 2019}}</ref>
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| [[Seekonk, Massachusetts|Town of Seekonk]]
| {{Date table sorting|May 13, 2019}}<ref>{{cite news |last1=Peterson |first1=Stephen |title=Seekonk bans the bag – or at least many of the plastic ones |url=https://www.thesunchronicle.com/news/local_news/seekonk-bans-the-bag----or-at-least/article_f79662bf-8c32-59d3-82ef-3536b2455cdc.html |access-date=January 14, 2020 |work=The Sun Chronicle |date=May 14, 2019}}</ref>
| {{Date table sorting|January 1, 2020}}
| Plastic shopping bag ban.
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| [[Scituate, Massachusetts|Town of Scituate]]
| {{Date table sorting|November 14, 2018}}<ref>{{cite web |last1=Thompson |first1=Ruth |title=Scituate voters approve plastic bag ban, MacDonald property purchase |url=http://scituate.wickedlocal.com/news/20181115/scituate-voters-approve-plastic-bag-ban-macdonald-property-purchase |publisher=Gatehouse Media |access-date=November 16, 2018 |date=November 15, 2018}}</ref>
| {{Date table sorting|March 1, 2019}}
| Plastic bag ban. Reusable bags cannot be made of polyethylene or polyvinyl chloride. Paper bags must contain at least 40% post-consumer recycled paper content.<ref>{{cite web |title=Special Town Meeting Warrant |url=https://www.scituatema.gov/sites/scituatema/files/alerts/stm_final_warrant_20181114.pdf |publisher=Town of Scituate |access-date=November 16, 2018}}</ref>
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| [[Sharon, Massachusetts|Town of Sharon]]
| {{Date table sorting|May 1, 2019}}
| {{Date table sorting|2020}}<ref>{{cite news |last1=Vogler |first1=Paula |title=Sharon passes bag ban, other citizen petitions |url=https://sharon.wickedlocal.com/news/20190510/sharon-passes-bag-ban-other-citizen-petitions |access-date=June 7, 2019 |work=Wicked Local Sharon |publisher=Gatehouse Media, LLC |date=May 10, 2019}}</ref>
| Plastic bag ban. Reusable bags must be at least 4 mils and not made of polyethylene or polyvinyl chloride. Paper bags must contain at least 40% post-consumer recycled paper content.<ref>{{cite web |title=Town of Sharon 2019 Annual Town Meeting Warrant |url=https://www.townofsharon.net/sites/sharonma/files/pages/warrant_-_2019_atm_final.pdf|website=www.townofsharon.net|publisher=Town of Sharon |access-date=June 7, 2019}}</ref>
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| [[Shrewsbury, Massachusetts|Town of Shrewsbury]]
| {{Date table sorting|May 17, 2016}}
| {{Date table sorting|July 1, 2017}}
| Plastic bag ban. Reusable bags must be at least 4 mils. Paper bags must contain at least 40% post-consumer recycled paper content.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Sherman|first1=K.B.|title=Shrewsbury voters ban plastic shopping bags|url=http://www.communityadvocate.com/2016/05/17/shrewsbury-voters-ban-plastic-shopping-bags/|publisher=Community Advocate|access-date=July 18, 2016|date=May 17, 2016}}</ref>
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| [[Somerville, Massachusetts|City of Somerville]]
| {{Date table sorting|November 24, 2015}}
| {{Date table sorting|November 24, 2016}}
| Plastic bag ban. Reusable bags must pass a 22-pound walk test. Paper bags must contain at least 40% post-consumer recycled paper content.<ref>{{cite web|title=City of Somerville Ordinance No. 2015-06 In Board of Aldermen: November 24, 2015|url=https://www.municode.com/Api/CD/Ordinances/11580/750364|publisher=City of Somerville|access-date=January 14, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304101027/https://www.municode.com/Api/CD/Ordinances/11580/750364|archive-date=March 4, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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| [[South Hadley, Massachusetts|Town of South Hadley]]
| {{Date table sorting|May 10, 2017}}<ref>{{cite news|last1=Russell|first1=Jim|title=South Hadley Town Meeting bans 'common retail plastic bags'|url=http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2017/05/south_hadley_town_meeting_bans.html|access-date=May 29, 2017|work=The Republican|date=May 11, 2017}}</ref>
| {{Date table sorting|July 1, 2018}}
| Plastic bag ban. Reusable bags must be at least 4 mils. Compostable bags allowed.
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| [[Springfield, Massachusetts|City of Springfield]]
| {{Date table sorting|April 24, 2019}}<ref>{{cite news |last1=Teehan |first1=Sean |title=Plastic Bag Ban Passes In Springfield, Massachusetts |url=https://www.nepr.net/post/plastic-bag-ban-passes-springfield-massachusetts |access-date=June 7, 2019 |work=New England Public Radio |date=April 23, 2019}}</ref>
| {{Date table sorting|January 1, 2020}}
| Plastic bag ban except for those that are compostable and marine degradable. Reusable bags must be at least 4 mils and not made of polyethylene, polyethylene terephthalate or polyvinyl chloride. Paper bags must contain at least 40% post-consumer recycled paper content.
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| [[Stockbridge, Massachusetts|Town of Stockbridge]]
| {{Date table sorting|April 2, 2017}}
| {{Date table sorting|January 2, 2018}}<ref>{{cite news|last1=Lindsay|first1=Dick|title=Stockbridge bans plastic bags, polystyrene|url=http://www.berkshireeagle.com/stories/stockbridge-bans-plastic-bags-polystyrene,505906|access-date=May 1, 2017|work=Berkshire Eagle|date=April 29, 2017}}</ref>
| Plastic bag ban. Reusable bags must be at least 4 mils. Paper bags must contain at least 40% post-consumer recycled paper content.
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| [[Stoneham, Massachusetts|Town of Stoneham]]
| {{Date table sorting|November 4, 2019}}
| {{Date table sorting|May 2020}}
| Plastic bag ban. Reusable bags must be at least 2.25 mils.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Blais |first1=Patrick |title=Town Meeting adopts new plastic bag ban |url=http://homenewshere.com/stoneham_independent/news/article_dd8fa908-0220-11ea-85a8-ff76da4bbc63.html |access-date=January 3, 2020 |work=The Stoneham Independent |date=November 8, 2019}}</ref>
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| [[Tewksbury, Massachusetts|Town of Tewksbury]]
| {{Date table sorting|October 2, 2018}}<ref>{{cite news |last1=Tuitt |first1=Kori |title=Tewksbury bans single-use plastic bags, recreational pot |url=http://www.lowellsun.com/breakingnews/ci_32179783/tewksbury-bans-single-use-plastic-bags-recreational-pot |access-date=October 3, 2018 |work=Lowell Sun}}</ref>
| {{Date table sorting|April 1, 2019}}
| Plastic bag ban. Reusable bags must be at least 3 mils. Paper bags must contain at least 40% post-consumer recycled paper content.<ref>{{cite web |title=Special Town Meeting Warrant |url=https://www.tewksbury-ma.gov/board-of-selectmen/files/stm-warrant-10-02-08 |publisher=Town of Tewksbury |access-date=October 3, 2018}}</ref>
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| [[Tisbury, Massachusetts|Town of Tisbury]]
| {{Date table sorting|April 12, 2016}}
| {{Date table sorting|January 1, 2017}}
| Plastic bag ban. Reusable bags must be at least 4 mils.<ref name="mv"/>
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| [[Truro, Massachusetts|Town of Truro]]
| {{Date table sorting|November 5, 2015}}
| {{Date table sorting|June 1, 2016}}
| Plastic bag ban. Reusable bags must be at least 1.5 mils.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Bragg|first1=Mary Ann|title=Voters approve solar project, bag ban|url=http://www.capecodtimes.com/article/20151106/NEWS/151109622/101015|access-date=November 7, 2015|work=Cape Cod Times|date=November 6, 2015}}</ref>
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|[[Waltham, Massachusetts|City of Waltham]]
|December 27, 2021
|June 25, 2022
|Plastic bag ban. Reusable bags must be at least 4 mils.<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 11, 2022 |title=Waltham's Single-Use Plastic Bag Ban: What You Need To Know |url=https://patch.com/massachusetts/waltham/waltham-s-single-use-plastic-bag-ban-what-you-need-know |access-date=March 12, 2022 |website=Waltham, MA Patch |language=en}}</ref> Paper bags must contain at least 40% post-consumer, recycled paper content. There is a fee of 10¢ on all shopping bags.<ref>{{cite web |title=An Ordinance Regarding the Reduction of Plastic Bags in Walton |url=https://ecode360.com/WA1697/laws/LF1501737.pdf |publisher=City of Waltham |access-date=March 30, 2022}}</ref>
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| [[Watertown, Massachusetts|Town of Watertown]]
| {{Date table sorting|June 7, 2016}}
| {{Date table sorting|July 1, 2017}}
| Plastic bag ban. Reusable bags must be at least 3 mils. Paper bags must contain at least 40% post-consumer, recycled paper content.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Breitrose|first1=Charlie|title=Watertown bans plastic bags starting next year|url=http://watertown.wickedlocal.com/article/20160608/NEWS/160606240|publisher=Watertown Tab & Press|access-date=July 18, 2016|date=June 8, 2016}}</ref>
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| [[Wayland, Massachusetts|Town of Wayland]]
| {{Date table sorting|April 3, 2017}}<ref>{{cite web|last1=Arsenault|first1=Charlene|title='No' To Pot Moratorium, Preserving Historic Buildings; 'Yes' To Fields, Trails: Wayland Town Meeting|url=https://patch.com/massachusetts/wayland/no-pot-moratorium-preserving-historic-buildings-yes-fields-trails-wayland-town|publisher=Patch Media|access-date=May 7, 2017|date=April 4, 2017}}</ref>
| {{Date table sorting|2018}}
| Plastic bag ban. Reusable bags must be at least 4 mils. Paper bags must contain at least 40% post-consumer recycled paper content.
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| [[Wellesley, Massachusetts|Town of Wellesley]]
| {{Date table sorting|April 11, 2016}}<ref>{{cite news|last1=Mayblum|first1=Jordan|title=In the bag: Wellesley latest to ban plastic grocery bags|url=http://wellesley.wickedlocal.com/article/20160414/NEWS/160417425|access-date=April 15, 2016|work=Wellesley Townsman|date=April 14, 2016}}</ref>
| {{Date table sorting|January 1, 2017}}
| Plastic bag ban. Reusable bags must be at least 4 mils. Paper bags must contain at least 40% post-consumer recycled paper content.
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| [[Wellfleet, Massachusetts|Town of Wellfleet]]
| {{Date table sorting|April 2015}}
| {{Date table sorting|January 1, 2016}}
| Plastic bag ban. Reusable bags must be at least 3.5 mils.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Orecchio-Egresitz|first1=Haven|title=Bag ban, new fire truck approved|url=http://www.capecodtimes.com/article/20150428/NEWS/150429407|access-date=May 5, 2015|publisher=Cape Cod Times|date=April 28, 2015}}</ref>
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| [[West Tisbury, Massachusetts|Town of West Tisbury]]
| {{Date table sorting|April 12, 2016}}
| {{Date table sorting|January 1, 2017}}
| Plastic bag ban. Reusable bags must be at least 4 mils.<ref name="mv"/>
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| [[Westborough, Massachusetts|Town of Westborough]]
| {{Date table sorting|March 17, 2018}}
| {{Date table sorting|September 17, 2018}}
| Plastic bag ban. Reusable bags must be at least 4 mils. Paper bags must contain at least 40% post-consumer recycled paper content.
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| [[Weston, Massachusetts|Town of Weston]]
| {{Date table sorting|May 10, 2017}}
| {{Date table sorting|January 1, 2018}}
| Plastic bag ban. Reusable bags must be at least 4 mils. Paper bags must contain at least 40% post-consumer recycled paper content.<ref>{{cite web|title=2017 Annual Town Meeting|url=http://www.weston.org/1210/2017-Annual-Town-Meeting|website=Town of Weston|access-date=May 29, 2017}}</ref>
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| [[Williamstown, Massachusetts|Town of Williamstown]]
| {{Date table sorting|May 19, 2015}}
| {{Date table sorting|November 2015}}
| Plastic bag ban including produce bags and dry cleaning bags. Reusable shopping bags must be at least 4 mils.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Dravis|first1=Stephen|title=Williamstown Voters to Shoppers: Bring Your Own Bag|url=http://www.iberkshires.com/story/49231/Williamstown-Voters-to-Shoppers-Bring-Your-Own-Bag.html|access-date=May 20, 2015|work=iBerkshires.com|publisher=Boxcar Media|date=May 20, 2015}}</ref>
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| [[Wilmington, Massachusetts|Town of Wilmington]]
| {{Date table sorting|May 5, 2018}}<ref>{{cite news |last1=Tuitt |first1=Kori |title=Wilmington TM bans retail plastic bags |url=http://www.lowellsun.com/news/ci_31858887/wilmington-tm-bans-retail-plastic-bags |access-date=October 11, 2018 |work=Lowell Sun |date=May 7, 2018}}</ref>
| {{Date table sorting|May 6, 2019}}
| Plastic bag ban. Reusable shopping bags must be more than 2.5 mils.<ref>{{cite web |title=Warrant Annual Town Meeting and Election  |url=https://www.wilmingtonma.gov/sites/wilmingtonma/files/news/warrant_2018.pdf |publisher=Town of Wilmington |access-date=October 11, 2018}}</ref>
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|[[Winthrop, Massachusetts|Town of Winthrop]]
|April 2, 2020
|November 1, 2020
|Plastic bag ban.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Guest Op-Ed: Winthrop's Ban on Single-Use Plastic Checkout Bags – Winthrop Transcript |url=https://winthroptranscript.com/2023/06/15/guest-op-ed-winthrops-ban-on-single-use-plastic-checkout-bags-2/#:~:text=On%20April%202,%202020,%20the,in%20the%20Town%27s%20waste%20stream |access-date=June 16, 2023 |website=winthroptranscript.com}}</ref>
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| [[Worcester, Massachusetts|City of Worcester]]
| {{Date table sorting|October 15, 2019}}
| {{Date table sorting|July 1, 2020}}<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kotsopoulos |first1=Nick |title=Worcester delays ban on plastic bags; reusable bags are thought to spread germs |url=https://www.telegram.com/news/20200319/worcester-delays-ban-on-plastic-bags-reusable-bags-are-thought-to-spread-germs |access-date=March 23, 2020 |work=Worcester Telegram |date=March 19, 2020}}</ref>
| Plastic bag ban. Reusable bags must be at least 3 mils. Paper bags must contain at least 40% post-consumer recycled paper content. Fee of 5¢ on single-use bags. Compostable plastic bags allowed.<ref>{{cite web |title=Journal of the City Council |url=http://www.worcesterma.gov/agendas-minutes/city-council/2019/20191015.htm |website=City of Worcester |access-date=March 23, 2020}}</ref>
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| [[Wrentham, Massachusetts|Town of Wrentham]]
| {{Date table sorting|June 3, 2019}}<ref name="GateHouse Media, LLC"/>
| {{Date table sorting|2020}}
| Plastic bag ban. Reusable shopping bags must be at least 4 mils. Paper bags must contain at least 40% post-consumer recycled paper content.
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| [[Yarmouth, Massachusetts|Town of Yarmouth]]
| {{Date table sorting|May 6, 2017}}
| {{Date table sorting|May 2018}}
| Plastic shopping and produce bag ban. Paper bags must contain at least 40% post-consumer recycled paper content.<ref>{{cite web|title=Town of Yarmouth Warrant and Recommendations of the Finance Committee for the Annual Town Meeting|url=http://www.yarmouth.ma.us/ArchiveCenter/ViewFile/Item/8371|publisher=Town of Yarmouth|access-date=May 7, 2017}}</ref>
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| rowspan="2" | {{flagicon|Minnesota}} [[Minnesota]] {{Smallsup|3}}
| [[Duluth, Minnesota|City of Duluth]]
| {{Date table sorting|November 2019}}
| {{Date table sorting|April 2020}}
| 5 cent charge<ref>{{cite news|last1=Galioto|first1=Katie|title=Duluth approves 5-cent fee for plastic bags|url=http://www.startribune.com/duluth-weighs-requiring-retailers-to-charge-for-plastic-bags/565460022|access-date=February 11, 2020|publisher=[[Star Tribune]] |date=November 26, 2019}}</ref>
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| [[Minneapolis, Minnesota|City of Minneapolis]]
| {{Date table sorting|November 26, 2019}}
| {{Date table sorting|January 1, 2020}}
| 5 cent charge<ref>{{cite news |last1=Griswold |first1=David |title=Minneapolis plastic bag ordinance takes effect Jan. 1 |url=https://www.kare11.com/article/tech/science/environment/minneapolis-plastic-bag-ordinance-takes-effect-jan-1/89-da6c5160-f100-45d7-b19d-04deb0b25068 |access-date=February 11, 2020 |publisher=[[KARE 11]] |date=January 1, 2020}}</ref>
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|rowspan="1" | {{flagicon|Montana}} [[Montana]]
|[[Bozeman, Montana|City of Bozeman]]
|November 5, 2024
|May 1, 2025
|Bans the sale or distribution of polystyrene foam and the use of single-use plastic bags, straws, and stirrers.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Olson|first=Matti|date=2024-11-06|title=Bozeman passes city plastics ban, impacting local businesses by 2025|url=https://www.montanarightnow.com/bozeman/bozeman-passes-city-plastics-ban-impacting-local-businesses-by-2025/article_d2d9d02e-9c5d-11ef-b6f7-ff5136166578.html|access-date=2024-11-07|website=NonStop Local Montana |language=en}}</ref>
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| rowspan="11" |{{flagicon|New Jersey}} [[New Jersey]]
| <div class="center" style="width: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;">Statewide</div>
| {{Date table sorting|November 4, 2020}}
| {{Date table sorting|May 4, 2022}}
| Single-use plastic bags, polystyrene foam, and single-use paper bags (in grocery stores larger than 2500 sq ft) banned.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nj.gov/dep/newsrel/2021/21_0505.htm#:~:text=On%20Nov.,feet%20beginning%20May%204%2C%202022.|title = NJDEP &#124; News Release &#124; New Jersey's Ban on Single-Use Plastic Products Takes Effect in One Year}}</ref>
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| [[Avalon, New Jersey|Borough of Avalon]]
| {{Date table sorting|September 12, 2018}}
| {{Date table sorting|June 1, 2019}}
| Single-use plastic bags, straws, and styrofoam banned.<ref name="nj">{{Cite web|url=https://www.capemaycountyherald.com/news/government/article_cb83eb0e-ba8a-11e8-b698-e705f71016ed.html|title = Avalon Bans Plastic Bags| date=September 17, 2018 }}</ref>
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| [[Brigantine, New Jersey|City of Brigantine]]
| {{Date table sorting|September 5, 2018}}
| {{Date table sorting|June 1, 2019}}
| Single-use plastic bags banned.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/currents_gazettes/brigantine/brigantine-passes-plastic-bag-ordinance/article_3a5af571-1a09-5515-8614-515ac607086b.html|title = Brigantine passes plastic bag ordinance| date=September 13, 2018 }}</ref>
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| [[Glen Rock, New Jersey|Borough of Glen Rock]]
| {{Date table sorting|April 10, 2019}}
| {{Date table sorting|January 1, 2020}}
| Single-use plastic bags banned. Minimum of $.10 fee for reusable and recyclable paper bags.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hubbard |first1=Daniel |title=Glen Rock Bans Single-Use Plastic Bags From Stores |url=https://patch.com/new-jersey/ridgewood/glen-rock-bans-single-use-plastic-bags-stores |access-date=April 12, 2019 |agency=Patch}}</ref>
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|[[Jersey City, New Jersey|Jersey City]]
|June 27, 2018
|June 28, 2019
|Single-use plastic and non-recyclable paper bags banned.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bag Ban |url=https://jerseycitynj.gov/cityhall/DPW/sanitation/bag-ban |access-date=May 10, 2022 |website=jerseycitynj.gov |language=en-US}}</ref>
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| [[Longport, New Jersey|Borough of Longport]]
| {{Date table sorting|November 20, 2015}}
| {{Date table sorting|2015}}
| A fee of not less than ten cents for each non-reusable carryout bag. Reusable plastic bags must be at least 2.25 mils.<ref>{{cite web|title=Longport ties a price tag on plastic bags|url=http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20151123_Longport_ties_a_price_tag_on_plastic_bags.html|website=Philly.com|publisher=Philadelphia Media Network (Digital), LLC|access-date=February 22, 2016|date=November 24, 2015}}</ref>
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| [[Paramus, New Jersey|Borough of Paramus]]
| {{Date table sorting|December 17, 2019}}
| {{Date table sorting|January 1, 2020}}
| Single-use plastic bags banned.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Albrizio |first1=Lianna |title=Single-Use Plastic Bags, Polystyrene Foam Banned From Paramus Stores Come 2020 |url=https://www.tapinto.net/towns/nutley/sections/green/articles/single-use-plastic-bags-polystyrene-foam-banned-from-paramus-stores-come-2020-2 |access-date=December 29, 2019 |agency=TAPinto Nutley |date=December 29, 2019}}</ref>
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| [[Ridgewood, New Jersey|Village of Ridgewood]]
| {{Date table sorting|June 2019}}
| {{Date table sorting|January 1, 2020}}
| Single-use plastic bags banned.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Redmond |first1=Kimberly |title=Ridgewood Plastic Bag Ban: What To Know |url=https://patch.com/new-jersey/ridgewood/ridgewood-plastic-bag-ban-what-know |access-date=December 29, 2019 |agency=Ridgewood Patch |date=December 9, 2019}}</ref>
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| [[Somers Point, New Jersey|City of Somers Point]]
| {{Date table sorting|July 7, 2018}}
| {{Date table sorting|January 9, 2019}}
| A fee of not less than five cents for each non-reusable carryout bag, excluding plastic bags without handles for bulk foods. Reusable plastic bags must be at least 2.25 mils.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pressofatlanticcity.com/business/somers-point-bag-fee-takes-effect-jan-7/article_f55032a2-5f7f-56a6-9a6f-205b76182a52.html|title=Somers Point bag fee takes effect Jan. 7|first=Claire Lowe Staff|last=Writer|website=Press of Atlantic City|date=January 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ecode360.com/33634722|title=City of Somers Point, NJ: Environmental Hazards|website=City of Somers Point, NJ Code}}</ref>
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| [[Stone Harbor, New Jersey|Borough of Stone Harbor]]
| {{Date table sorting|September 12, 2018}}
| {{Date table sorting|June 1, 2019}}
| Single-use plastic bags, straws, and styrofoam banned.<ref name="nj"/>
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| [[Ventnor, New Jersey|City of Ventnor]]
| {{Date table sorting|February 22, 2018}}
| {{Date table sorting|October 1, 2018}}
| A fee of not less than five cents for each non-reusable carryout paper or plastic bags.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/ventnor-authorizes-fee-for-single-use-bags/article_f419908a-8807-519b-a41d-a64ae54b4465.html|title = Ventnor authorizes fee for single-use bags| date=February 23, 2018 }}</ref>
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| rowspan="9" |{{flagicon|New Mexico}} [[New Mexico]]
|[[Carlsbad, New Mexico|City of Carlsbad]]
|September 24, 2024
|February 1, 2025
|Two-year trial plastic bag ban.<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 25, 2024 |title=City of Carlsbad approves trial ban on single-use plastic bags |url=https://www.krqe.com/news/environment/city-of-carlsbad-approves-trial-ban-on-single-use-plastic-bags/ |access-date=September 29, 2024 |website=KQRE News}}</ref>
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| [[Santa Fe, New Mexico|City of Santa Fe]]
| {{Date table sorting|August 2013}}
| {{Date table sorting|January 2014}}
| Plastic bag ban thinner than 2.25&nbsp;mm.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cawrecycles.org/files/SantaFe_bagord.pdf|title=Santa Fe Bag Ban Ordinance|access-date=December 1, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140101015927/http://www.cawrecycles.org/files/SantaFe_bagord.pdf|archive-date=January 1, 2014}}</ref>
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|[[Santa Fe County, New Mexico|County of Santa Fe]]
|March 26, 2024
|October 26, 2024
|Plastic bag, straw, stirrer, and polystyrene ban.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-03-27 |title=Santa Fe County Commission bans single-use plastics |url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/santa-fe-county-commission-bans-033300229.html |access-date=2024-03-29 |website=Yahoo Finance |language=en-US}}</ref>
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| [[Taos, New Mexico|Town of Taos]]
| {{Date table sorting|March 10, 2020}}
| {{Date table sorting|November 1, 2021}}
| Plastic bag ban &nbsp;mm.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.taosgov.com/DocumentCenter/View/3192/20-05-Plastic-Bag-Ordinance|title=Plastic Bag Ordinance}}</ref>
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| [[Las Cruces, New Mexico|City of Las Cruces]]
| {{Date table sorting|August 16, 2021}}
| {{Date table sorting|January 1, 2022}}
| Single-use plastic bag ban.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lcsun-news.com/story/news/2021/08/16/las-cruces-passes-retail-single-use-plastic-bag-ban/8152245002/|title=Las Cruces to ban most retailers from giving out single-use plastic bags starting Jan. 1.|first=Michael|last=McDevitt|website=Las Cruces Sun-News}}</ref>
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| [[Albuquerque, New Mexico|City of Albuquerque]]
| {{Date table sorting|April 20, 2019}}
| {{Date table sorting|January 1, 2020}}
| Single-use plastic bag ban.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.krqe.com/news/politics-government/city-of-albuquerque-expanding-plastic-bag-ban/|title=City of Albuquerque expanding plastic bag ban|date=November 2, 2021}}</ref> Repealed on March 7, 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |title=City Council repeals plastic bag prohibition – Albuquerque Journal |url=https://www.abqjournal.com/2477132/city-council-repeals-plastic-bag-prohibition.html |access-date=April 13, 2022 |website=www.abqjournal.com|date=March 7, 2022 }}</ref>
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|[[Deming, New Mexico|City of Deming]]
|November 2019
|May 16, 2021
|Single-use plastic bag ban.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Deming Plastic Bag Ban In Effect May 16th|url=http://www.demingradio.com/1/post/2021/05/deming-plastic-bag-ban-in-effect-may-16th.html|access-date=November 21, 2021|website=Deming Radio|language=en}}</ref>
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|[[Silver City, New Mexico|Town of Silver City]]
|July 8, 2014
|January 8, 2015
|Single-use plastic bag ban.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Plastic Bag Ordinance {{!}} Silver City, NM|url=https://www.townofsilvercity.org/203/Plastic-Bag-Ordinance|access-date=November 21, 2021|website=www.townofsilvercity.org}}</ref>
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|[[Bernalillo County, New Mexico|County of Bernalillo]]
|June 25, 2019
|January 1, 2020
|Single-use plastic bag ban.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Shupryt|first=Victoria|date=June 26, 2019|title=Bernalillo County bans plastic bags and Styrofoam|url=https://www.koat.com/article/bernalillo-county-bans-plastic-bags-and-styrofoam/28190065|access-date=November 21, 2021|website=KOAT|language=en}}</ref>
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| rowspan="11" |{{flagicon|New York}} [[New York (state)|New York]]
|<div class="center" style="width: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;">Statewide</div>
| {{Date table sorting|April 22, 2019}}
| {{Date table sorting|March 1, 2020}}<ref name="Dewitt NY">{{cite news |last1=Dewitt |first1=Karen |title=NY Gov. Cuomo Signs Plastic Bag Ban |url=https://www.wamc.org/post/ny-gov-cuomo-signs-plastic-bag-ban |access-date=April 24, 2019 |work=WAMC |date=April 22, 2019}}</ref>
| Plastic bag ban. Counties can impose 5¢ fee on paper.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Nace |first1=Trevor |title=New York Officially Bans Plastic Bags |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/trevornace/2019/04/23/new-york-officially-bans-plastic-bags/ |work=Forbes |access-date=April 24, 2019}}</ref>
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| [[East Hampton (village), New York|East Hampton Village]]
| {{Date table sorting|August 2011}}
| {{Date table sorting|February 2012}}
| Plastic bag ban.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://easthamptonstar.com/?q=News/2011804/Plastic-Bags-Banned|title=Plastic Bags Banned|access-date=August 1, 2013}}</ref>
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| [[Hastings on Hudson, New York|Village of Hastings on Hudson, Town of Greenburgh]]
| {{Date table sorting|November 2014}}
| {{Date table sorting|February 2015}}
| Plastic bag ban.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hastingsgov.org/Pages/HastingsNY_Documents/PlasticBagPLL4revised5-16-14.pdf|access-date=February 9, 2015 |title=Proposed Local Law No. 4 of 2014}}</ref>
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| [[Mamaroneck (village), New York|Village of Mamaroneck]]
| {{Date table sorting|July 2012}}
| {{Date table sorting|January 2013}}
| Plastic bag ban.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.campaignforrecycling.org/sites/default/files/MamaroneckNY_bagban.pdf|title=Local Law to add Chapter 281|access-date=August 1, 2013}}</ref>
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| [[New Castle, New York|Town of New Castle]]
| {{Date table sorting|May 31, 2016}}
| {{Date table sorting|January 1, 2017}}
| Plastic bag ban. Paper bags must be at least 40% recycled and carry a 10¢ charge. Reusable bags must be at least 2.25 mils. Minimum 25¢ charge for reusable bags at grocery stores, convenience stores and pharmacies.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Taliaferro|first1=Lanning|title=New Castle Institutes Plastic Bag Ban|url=https://patch.com/new-york/chappaqua/new-castle-institutes-plastic-bag-ban|publisher=Patch Media|access-date=November 18, 2017|date=June 1, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Reusable Bag Law|url=http://mynewcastle.org/reusable-bag-law/|publisher=Town of New Castle, New York|access-date=November 18, 2017|date=December 14, 2016}}</ref>
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| [[New Paltz, New York|Village of New Paltz]]
| {{Date table sorting|October 22, 2014}}
| {{Date table sorting|April 1, 2015}}
| Plastic bag ban. Reusable bags must be at least 2.25 mils. Paper bags must contain "a minimum of 40% postconsumer recycled content".<ref>{{cite web|title=Chapter 160: Retail Checkout Bags|url=http://ecode360.com/29522578|publisher=Village of New Paltz|access-date=February 22, 2016}}</ref>
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| [[Patchogue, New York|Village of Patchogue]]
| {{Date table sorting|June 8, 2015}}
| {{Date table sorting|September 6, 2016}}
| Plastic bag ban. Reusable bags must be at least 2.25 mils.<ref>{{cite web|title=Chapter 315: Plastic Bags|url=http://ecode360.com/30354968|publisher=Village of Patchogue|access-date=February 22, 2016|archive-date=March 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303163054/http://ecode360.com/30354968|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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| [[Rye, New York|City of Rye]]
| {{Date table sorting|December 2011}}
| {{Date table sorting|May 2012}}
| Plastic bag ban.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cawrecycles.org/files/RyeNY_bagord.pdf|title=City of Rye – Local Law to add Chapter 154|access-date=August 1, 2013}}{{Dead link|date=May 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
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| [[Southampton (village), New York|Village of Southampton]]
| {{Date table sorting|April 2011}}
| {{Date table sorting|November 2011}}
| Plastic bag ban.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://inhabitat.com/nyc/southampton-plastic-bag-ban-is-now-in-effect/|title=Southampton Plastic Bag Ban is Now in Effect|access-date=August 1, 2013}}</ref>
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|'''[[Suffolk County, New York|Suffolk County]]'''
| {{Date table sorting|September 2016}}
| {{Date table sorting|January 2018}}
|5¢ fee for single-use plastic and paper bags. Reusable bags must be at least 2.25 mils.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.suffolkcountyny.gov/Departments/HealthServices/PublicHealth/PublicHealthProtection/PlasticBagLaw.aspx|title=Suffolk County Government > Departments > Health Services > Public Health > Public Health Protection > Plastic Bag Law|last=Government|first=Suffolk County|website=www.suffolkcountyny.gov|language=en-US|access-date=February 8, 2018}}</ref>
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|'''[[Ulster County, New York|Ulster County]]'''
| {{Date table sorting|September 2018}}
| {{Date table sorting|July 2019}}
|Plastic bag ban. Reusable bags must be at least 4 mils. Paper bags must contain "a minimum of 40% postconsumer recycled content. 5¢ fee for single-use plastic and paper bags.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ulstercountyny.gov/environment/waste-reduction/bring-your-own-bag-act|title=Ulster County Bring Your Own Bag Act|website=www.ulstercountyny.gov|language=en-US|access-date=July 12, 2019}}</ref>
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| {{flagicon|North Carolina}} [[North Carolina]]
| [[Outer Banks]] ([[Dare County, North Carolina|Dare]], [[Currituck County, North Carolina|Currituck]], and [[Hyde County, North Carolina|Hyde Counties]])
| {{Date table sorting|June 2009}}
| {{Date table sorting|October 1, 2010}}
| Plastic bag ban. Reusable bags must be at least 2.25 mils. Paper bags must be at least 40% recycled.<ref name="ncarolina">{{cite web|url=http://pundithouse.com/2010/07/plastic-bag-ban-for-outer-banks/|title=Plastic Bag Ban For Outer Banks|access-date=August 3, 2013}}</ref>    
Bag ban overridden on April 10, 2017, with passage of House Bill 56.<ref>{{Cite web |title=House Bill 56 / SL 2017-209 (2017-2018 Session) - North Carolina General Assembly |url=https://ncleg.gov/billlookup/2017/h56 |access-date=January 23, 2023 |website=ncleg.gov}}</ref>
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| {{flagicon|Northern Mariana Islands}} [[Northern Mariana Islands]]
|<div class="center" style="width: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;">Territory-wide</div>
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| Plastic bag ban.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fijitimes.com/tonga-lags-on-plastic-bag-ban-as-sprep-warns-islands-cannot-be-complacent-about-pollution/|title = Tonga lags on plastic bag ban as SPREP warns Islands cannot be complacent about pollution| date=July 20, 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sprep.org/news/pacific-islands-moving-towards-banning-single-use-plastic|title=Pacific islands moving towards banning single use plastic &#124; Pacific Environment|website=www.sprep.org}}</ref>
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| rowspan="3" |{{flagicon|Ohio}} [[Ohio]]
|[[Athens, Ohio|City of Athens]]
|May 1, 2023
|January 1, 2024
|Plastic bag ban.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Writer |first=Nicole Bowman-Layton Messenger Staff |title=Athens' single-use bag ban to go into effect Jan. 1, 2024 |url=https://www.athensmessenger.com/news/athens-single-use-bag-ban-to-go-into-effect-jan-1-2024/article_585b0e5e-e911-11ed-8f49-8bbd5f37199a.html |access-date=May 3, 2023 |website=The Athens Messenger |date=May 2, 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
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| [[Cuyahoga County, Ohio|Cuyahoga County]]
| {{Date table sorting|May 28, 2019}}
| {{Date table sorting|January 1, 2020}}
| Plastic bag ban.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cleveland.com/metro/2019/05/cuyahoga-county-council-passes-plastic-bag-ban.html|title = Cuyahoga County Council passes plastic bag ban|date = May 28, 2019}}</ref>
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|[[Bexley, Ohio|City of Bexley]]
|May 2019
|January 1, 2020
|Plastic bag ban.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bournea|first=Chris|title=Mayor Ben Kessler says Bexley's ban on plastic bags complies with state law|url=https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/local/communities/bexley/2021/08/19/mayor-ben-kessler-says-bexleys-ban-plastic-bags-complies-state-law/8199827002/|access-date=November 22, 2021|website=The Columbus Dispatch|language=en-US}}</ref>
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| rowspan="4"|{{flagicon|Oregon}} [[Oregon]]
|<div class="center" style="width: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;">Statewide</div>
|
| {{Date table sorting|January 1, 2020}}
| Plastic bag ban; 5 cent charge for paper bags.<ref name="Oregon"/>
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| [[Corvallis, Oregon|City of Corvallis]]
| {{Date table sorting|July 2012}}
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| Plastic bag ban; 5 cent charge for paper bags.
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| [[Eugene, Oregon|City of Eugene]]
| {{Date table sorting|October 2012}}
| {{Date table sorting|May 1, 2013}}
| Plastic bag ban; 5 cent charge for paper bags. Reusable bags must be at least 4 mils.<ref>{{cite web|title=City of Eugene Bring Your Bag FAQ – RETAILERS|url=http://www.eugene-or.gov/DocumentCenter/View/10989|publisher=City of Eugene|access-date=March 24, 2015}}</ref>
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| [[Portland, Oregon|City of Portland]]
| {{Date table sorting|July 2011}}
| {{Date table sorting|October 2011}}
| Plastic bag ban.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cawrecycles.org/files/Portland2012PlasticBagOrdinance.pdf|title=City of Portland Ordinance 185737 as amended|access-date=August 1, 2013}}{{Dead link|date=May 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Reusable bags must be at least 4 mils.<ref>{{cite web|title=Single-Use Plastic Checkout Bags|url=http://www.portlandoregon.gov/bps/article/422528|publisher=City of Portland|access-date=March 24, 2015}}</ref>
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| rowspan="30" |{{flagicon|Pennsylvania}} [[Pennsylvania]]
|[[Ambler, Pennsylvania|Borough of Ambler]]
|August 16, 2022
|August 16, 2022
|Plastic bag and expanded polystyrene ban.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ORD 1126 - Single Use Plastics |url=boroughofambler.com/download/code_of_ordinances/ordinances_passed_after_july_17_2012/ORD-112601104920220823081012.pdf}}</ref>
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|[[Cheltenham Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania|Cheltenham Township]]
|December 7, 2022
|January 1, 2024
|Plastic bag ban. 10-cent fee for paper bags.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Genova |first=Ryan |date=December 8, 2022 |title=Cheltenham Township moves forward with plastic ban |url=https://glensidelocal.com/cheltenham-township-moves-forward-with-plastic-ban/ |access-date=March 19, 2023 |website=Glenside Local |language=en-US}}</ref>
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|[[Doylestown, Pennsylvania|Borough of Doylestown]]
|December 19, 2022
|June 17, 2023
|Single-use plastic bag ban.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ORDINANCE NO. 2022-12 |url=https://storage.googleapis.com/dtown/Final-for-Council-Adoption.pdf}}</ref>
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|[[Doylestown Township, Pennsylvania|Doylestown Township]]
|May 21, 2024
|November 17, 2024
|Single-use plastic bag ban. Five-cent fee for paper or reusable bag.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Single-Use Plastic Bag Ordinance - Adopted|url=https://www.doylestownpa.org/resources/news/article/?id=10983|access-date=2024-05-24|website=Doylestown Township |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Doylestown Township passes single-use plastic bag ban |url=https://whyy.org/articles/doylestown-township-passes-single-use-plastic-bag-ban|access-date=2024-05-24 |website=WHYY|language=en-US}}</ref>
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|[[Easttown Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania|Easttown Township]]
|June 20, 2022
|January 1, 2023
|Plastic bag ban. Paper bags must contain at last 40% recycled content.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Easttown Township bans plastic bags, as advocates push to eliminate Styrofoam across the 'burbs |url=https://whyy.org/articles/easttown-township-bans-plastic-bags-styrofoam-containers-could-be-next/ |access-date=June 25, 2022 |website=WHYY |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=ORDINANCE NO. 450-22 |url=https://www.easttown.org/DocumentCenter/View/3273/No-450-22-Plastic-Bag-Ordinance}}</ref>
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|[[Haverford Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania|Haverford Township]]
|April 11, 2022
|January 1, 2023
|Plastic bag and stirrer ban.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Haverford bans plastic bags as more Main Line communities look to do the same |url=https://whyy.org/articles/haverford-plastic-bag-ban-main-line-delaware-county/ |access-date=April 13, 2022 |website=WHYY |language=en-US}}</ref>
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|[[Lancaster Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania|Lancaster Township]]
|August 14, 2023
|January 1, 2024
|Single-use plastic bag ban.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Deornellas |first=Elizabeth |date=August 14, 2023 |title=Lancaster Township bans single-use plastic bags |url=https://lancasteronline.com/news/local/lancaster-township-bans-single-use-plastic-bags/article_a8ba74e2-3b01-11ee-8905-8b993fd90632.html |access-date=August 14, 2023|website=LancasterOnline |language=en}}</ref>
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|[[Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania|Lower Merion Township]]
|June 21, 2023
|January 21, 2024
|Plastic bag ban. $0.10 fee for paper bags.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Single-Use Carry Out Plastic Bag Ordinance {{!}} Lower Merion Township, PA |url=https://www.lowermerion.org/departments/sustainability/single-use-carry-out-plastic-bag-ordinance |access-date=June 27, 2023 |website=www.lowermerion.org |language=en}}</ref>
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|[[Media, Pennsylvania|Borough of Media]]
|July 21, 2022
|January 1, 2023
|Plastic bag ban.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ordinance |url=https://mediaborough.com//sites//default//files//fileattachments/environmental_advisory_council//page//23141//pbo_signed_001.pdf}}</ref>
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|[[Montgomery Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania|Montgomery Township]]
|September 26, 2023
|April 22, 2024
|Plastic bag, straw, and polystyrene container ban.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Single-Use Plastic Reduction Ordinance |url=https://www.montgomerytwp.org/egov/apps/document/center.egov |access-date=October 3, 2023 |website=Montgomery Township, PA |language=en}}</ref>
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| [[Narberth, Pennsylvania|Borough of Narberth]]
| {{Date table sorting|October 18, 2018}}
| {{Date table sorting|April 18, 2019}}
| Plastic bag ban.<ref>{{cite web|title=Narberth, Pa. passes law restricting plastic bags and straws|date=October 19, 2018|url=https://6abc.com/narberth-passes-law-restricting-plastic-bags-and-straws/4518227/|publisher=6 ABC|access-date=April 3, 2019}}</ref>
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|[[Newtown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania|Borough of Newtown]]
|March 12, 2024
|September 14, 2024
|Single-use plastic bag, expanded polystyrene, and plastic straw ban.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Final Single-Use Plastics Ordinance |url=https://www.boroughofnewtown.com/media/FINAL%20Single-Use%20Plastics%20Ordinance%20(01752109xC305A).pdf|access-date=March 13, 2013|website=Borough of Newtown}}</ref>
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|[[Newtown Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania|Newtown Township (Bucks County)]]
|December 6, 2023
|April 9, 2024
|Plastic bag, plastic straw, and polystyrene food container ban.<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 7, 2023|title=Newtown Township Enacts Ban On Certain Single-Use Plastics |url=https://patch.com/pennsylvania/newtown-pa/newtown-township-enacts-ban-certain-single-use-plastics|access-date=December 7, 2023|website=Newtown, PA Patch |language=en}}</ref>
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|[[Pittsburgh|City of Pittsburgh]]
|April 11, 2022
|October 14, 2023
|Plastic bag ban; 10-cent charge for paper bags.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Single-use plastic bag ban in Pittsburgh will start in 2023, City Council decides |url=https://www.post-gazette.com/news/politics-local/2022/04/12/pittsburgh-plastic-bag-ban-city-council-vote-erika-strassburger-grocery-stores-reusable-bags/stories/202204120078 |access-date=April 13, 2022 |website=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Pittsburgh delayed the start of its plastic bag ban |url=https://www.post-gazette.com/news/politics-local/2023/03/23/pittsburgh-plastic-bag-ban-delay/stories/202303230107 |access-date=April 14, 2023 |website=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |language=en}}</ref>
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| [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|City of Philadelphia]]
| {{Date table sorting|December 2019}}
| {{Date table sorting|October 1, 2021}}
| Plastic bag ban.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.phillymag.com/news/2021/08/11/plastic-bag-ban-philadelphia/|title=Everything You Need to Know About Philly's Plastic Bag Ban|date=August 11, 2021}}</ref>
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|[[Phoenixville, Pennsylvania|Borough of Phoenixville]]
|January 9, 2024
|January 1, 2025
|Plastic bag ban.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Phoenixville Plastic Bag Ban|url=https://phoenixville.org/2858/Phoenixville-Plastic-Bag-Ban|access-date=February 17, 2024 |website=phoenixville.org}}</ref>
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|[[Radnor Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania|Radnor Township]] 
|August 15, 2022
|February 15, 2023
|Plastic bag ban; 10-cent charge for paper bags.<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 16, 2022 |title=Radnor becomes latest town to pass a plastic bag ban ordinance |url=https://www.mainlinemedianews.com/2022/08/16/radnor-becomes-latest-town-to-pass-a-plastic-bag-ban-ordinance |access-date=August 17, 2022 |website=Mainline Media News |language=en-US}}</ref>
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|[[Solebury Township, Pennsylvania|Solebury Township]]
|June 21, 2022
|September 19, 2022
|Plastic bag, straw, and polystyrene food container ban. 10-cent charge for recyclable paper bags.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ord. No. 2022-003 |url=https://ecode360.com/SO1688/laws/LF1580940.pdf}}</ref>
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|[[Springfield Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania|Springfield Township (Montgomery County)]]
|August 9, 2023
|February 1, 2024
|Single-use plastic bag ban.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wallace |first=Betsy |date=August 17, 2023 |title=Springfield Twp. bans single-use bags, honors police officer |url=https://chestnuthilllocal.com/stories/springfield-twp-bans-single-use-bags-honors-police-officer,28996 |access-date=August 17, 2023 |website=The Chestnut Hill Local |language=en}}</ref>
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|[[Swarthmore, Pennsylvania|Borough of Swarthmore]]
|June 12, 2023
|January 8, 2024
|SIngle-use plastic bag ban, expanded polystyrene, and #6 polystyrene ban.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ordinance-2023-04-single-use-product |url=https://www.swarthmorepa.org/DocumentCenter/View/2523/ordinance-2023-04-single-use-product?bidId= |access-date=July 17, 2023 |website=Swarthmore Borough}}</ref>
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|[[Tredyffrin Township, Pennsylvania|Tredyffrin Township]]
|September 19, 2022
|March 18, 2023 
|Plastic bag ban.<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 21, 2022 |title=Plastic Bags Are Out Of Tredyffrin |url=https://patch.com/pennsylvania/te/plastic-bags-are-out-tredyffrin |access-date=September 24, 2022 |website=Tredyffrin-Easttown, PA Patch |language=en}}</ref>
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|[[Upper Dublin Township, Pennsylvania|Upper Dublin Township]]
|March 12, 2024
|September 8, 2024
|Single-use plastic bag ban.<ref>{{Cite web |title=BOC-Stated-20240312 |url=https://upperdublin.granicus.com/player/clip/1299?view_id=1&redirect=true |access-date=2024-03-13 |website=upperdublin.granicus.com}}</ref>
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|[[Upper Merion Township, Pennsylvania|Upper Merion Township]]
|July 13, 2023
|January 1, 2024 
|Single-use utensils, foam plastic, bags, and straw ban.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Upper Merion bans single-use plastic including bags, straws, and foam plastic |url=https://whyy.org/articles/upper-merion-bans-single-use-plastic/ |access-date=July 15, 2023 |website=WHYY |language=en-US}}</ref>
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|[[Upper Moreland Township, Pennsylvania|Upper Moreland Township]]
|July 10, 2023
|January 1, 2024
|Single-use plastic bag ban.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Upper Merion bans single-use plastic including bags, straws, and foam plastic |url=https://whyy.org/articles/upper-merion-bans-single-use-plastic/ |access-date=July 15, 2023 |website=WHYY |language=en-US}}</ref>
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|[[Uwchlan Township, Pennsylvania|Uwchlan Township]]
|September 12, 2022
|September 17, 2022
|Ban on plastic bags, $0.15 fee for other bags.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Plastic Bag Ban Ordinance |url=https://www.uwchlan.com/DocumentCenter/View/957/Plastic-Bag-Ban-Ordinance?bidId= |access-date=July 17, 2023 |website=Uwchlan Township}}</ref>
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| [[West Chester, Pennsylvania|Borough of West Chester]]
| {{Date table sorting|July 2019}}
| {{Date table sorting|January 1, 2022}}
| Plastic bag and straw ban.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.west-chester.com/611/Single-Use-Plastics|title=Single Use Plastics &#124; West Chester Borough, PA – Official Website|website=www.west-chester.com}}</ref>
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|[[West Goshen Township, Pennsylvania|West Goshen Township]]
|December 21, 2021
|April 22, 2022
|Plastic bag and straw ban.<ref>{{Cite web|date=December 24, 2021|title=Plastic bags and straws banned in West Goshen|url=https://www.dailylocal.com/2021/12/23/plastic-bags-and-straws-banned-in-west-goshen|access-date=January 11, 2022|website=Daily Local|language=en-US}}</ref>
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|[[West Norriton Township, Pennsylvania|West Norriton Township]]
|November 8, 2022
|April 22, 2023
|Plastic bag ban.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=November 10, 2022 |title=West Norriton commissioners unanimously pass ban on single-use plastic bags |url=https://www.timesherald.com/2022/11/10/west-norriton-commissioners-unanimously-pass-ban-on-single-use-plastic-bags |access-date=November 11, 2022 |website=The Times Herald |language=en-US}}</ref>
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|[[West Vincent Township, Pennsylvania|West Vincent Township]]
|July 15, 2024
|October 13, 2024
|Single-use plastic bag ban, $0.10 fee for paper bags<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-07-19 |title=West Vincent OKs plastic bag ban |url=https://www.pottsmerc.com/2024/07/19/west-vincent-oks-plastic-bag-ban/ |access-date=2024-07-20 |website=The Mercury |language=en-US}}</ref>
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|[[Whitemarsh Township, Pennsylvania|Whitemarsh Township]]
|July 13, 2023
|October 11, 2023
|Plastic bag ban.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2023 Plastic Bag Ordinance |url=https://whitemarshtwp.org/DocumentCenter/View/3851/2023PlasticBagOrdinance |access-date=July 21, 2023 |website=Whitemarsh Township}}</ref>
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| rowspan="16" |{{flagicon|Rhode Island}} [[Rhode Island]]
|State-wide
|June 29, 2022
|January 1, 2024, or one year after the Department of Environmental Management sets up regulations, whichever comes first
|Plastic bag ban.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Governor McKee Signs Rhode Island Plastic Bag Ban Into Law |url=https://now933fm.iheart.com/content/2022-06-29-governor-mckee-signs-rhode-island-plastic-bag-ban-into-law/ |access-date=June 30, 2022 |website=Now 93.3 |language=en}}</ref>
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| [[Barrington, Rhode Island|Town of Barrington]]
| {{Date table sorting|October 2012}}
| {{Date table sorting|January 2013}}
| Plastic bag ban. Reusable bags must be at least 4 mils (as amended on February 1, 2016).<ref>{{cite web|last1=Faulkner|first1=Tim|title=Barrington Revises Bag Ban to Include Thicker Plastic|url=http://www.ecori.org/government/2016/2/2/barrington-revises-bag-ban-to-include-thicker-plastic|publisher=ecoRI|access-date=February 22, 2016|date=February 2, 2016}}</ref>
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|[[Bristol, Rhode Island|Town of Bristol]]
|
|
|Plastic bag ban.<ref>{{Cite web|date=October 8, 2019|title=Rhode Island Communities Step Up to Stop Plastic Pollution|url=https://www.clf.org/blog/rhode-island-communities-step-up-to-stop-plastic-pollution/|access-date=November 22, 2021|website=Conservation Law Foundation|language=en-US}}</ref>
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|[[Cranston, Rhode Island|City of Cranston]]
|August 22, 2019
|January 1, 2021
|Single-use plastic bag ban.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Reminder: Plastic Bag Ban|url=https://www.cranstonri.gov/reminder-plastic-bag-ban/|access-date=November 22, 2021|website=www.cranstonri.gov}}</ref>
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|[[East Greenwich, Rhode Island|Town of East Greenwich]]
|October 15, 2019
|January 15, 2020
|Single-use plastic bag ban.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Malm|first=Alex|title=Plastic bag ban once again in effect locally|url=https://www.ricentral.com/east_greenwich_pendulum/news/local_news/plastic-bag-ban-once-again-in-effect-locally/article_0a54e2d0-a12d-11eb-a558-93088cb63024.html|access-date=November 22, 2021|website=RICentral.com|date=April 19, 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
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|[[East Providence, Rhode Island|City of East Providence]]
|May 7, 2019
|November 7, 2019
|Single-use plastic bag ban.<ref>{{Cite web|author=Staff Writer|title=Plastic bag ban in East Providence officially goes into effect on Nov. 7|url=https://www.heraldnews.com/story/news/local/ojornal/2019/10/08/plastic-bag-ban-in-east/2583605007/|access-date=November 22, 2021|website=The Herald News|language=en-US}}</ref>
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|[[Jamestown, Rhode Island|Town of Jamestown]]
|{{Date table sorting|September 18, 2017}}
|November 1, 2017
|Plastic bag ban. Reusable bags must be at least 4 mils.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Faulkner|first1=Tim|date=October 30, 2017|title=Jamestown Quietly Joined Ocean State's Bag Ban Club|work=ecoRI News|url=https://www.ecori.org/government/2017/10/30/jamestown-passes-bag-ban-as-newport-and-middletown-bans-begin|access-date=October 31, 2017|archive-date=October 30, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171030190254/https://www.ecori.org/government/2017/10/30/jamestown-passes-bag-ban-as-newport-and-middletown-bans-begin|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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|[[Middletown, Rhode Island|Town of Middletown]]
|May 1, 2017
|November 1, 2017
|Single-use plastic bag ban.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Middletown Bans the Bag; Could Portsmouth be Next?|url=https://www.ecori.org/government/2017/5/2/middletown-goes-all-in-on-bag-ban|access-date=November 22, 2021|website=ecoRI News|language=en-US|archive-date=November 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211122030220/https://www.ecori.org/government/2017/5/2/middletown-goes-all-in-on-bag-ban|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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|[[Narragansett, Rhode Island|Town of Narragansett]]
|February 8, 2022
|January 1, 2023
|Single-use plastic bag ban.<ref>{{Cite web |title=As another town bans plastic bags, statewide law in the works |url=https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/local/2022/12/05/in-new-year-narragansett-becomes-latest-town-to-ban-single-use-plastic-bags/69691883007/ |access-date=December 6, 2022 |website=The Providence Journal |language=en-US}}</ref>
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|[[Newport, Rhode Island|City of Newport]]
|
|November 1, 2017
|Single-use plastic bag ban.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Single-Use Plastic Bag Ban Informational Report|url=https://www.narragansettri.gov/DocumentCenter/View/8415/Narragansett-Single-Use-Bag-Ban-Informational-Report-URI-DRAFT}}</ref>
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|[[New Shoreham, Rhode Island|Town of New Shoreham]]
|
|January 1, 2018
|Single-use plastic bag ban.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Plastic Bag Ordinance Draft|url=https://www.new-shoreham.com/docs/Plastic%20Bag%20Ordinance-Draft_rev%20April%202017.pdf}}</ref>
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|[[Portsmouth, Rhode Island|Town of Portsmouth]]
|March 12, 2019
|September 1, 2018
|Single-use plastic bag ban.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Town of Portsmouth, RI: Effective date.|url=https://ecode360.com/33252408|access-date=November 22, 2021|website=Town of Portsmouth, RI Code|language=en-US}}</ref>
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|[[Providence, Rhode Island|City of Providence]]
|May 1, 2019
|October 22, 2019
|Single-use plastic bag ban.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Providence's Retail Plastic Bag Ban|url=https://www.providenceri.gov/sustainability/providence-retail-plastic-bag-ban/|access-date=November 22, 2021|website=City of Providence|language=en-US}}</ref>
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|[[South Kingstown, Rhode Island|Town of South Kingstown]]
|June 2018
|January 1, 2019
|Single-use plastic bag ban.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Writer|first=Ryan Blessing Staff|title=South Kingstown asked to step up enforcement of bag ban|url=https://www.independentri.com/news/article_9c06c22e-3d2d-11ec-9af4-931e17acf070.html|access-date=November 22, 2021|website=The Independent|date=November 6, 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
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|[[Warren, Rhode Island|Town of Warren]]
|June 12, 2018
|December 12, 2018
|Single-use plastic bag ban.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Reusable Carryout Bag Initiative|url=https://cms7files.revize.com/warrenri/ARTICLE_XIII.___REUSABLE_CARRYOUT_BAG_INITIATIVE%20(2).pdf}}</ref>
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|[[Westerly, Rhode Island|Town of Westerly]]
|April 22, 2019
|January 1, 2020
|Prohibits the distribution of single-use plastic carryout bags at retail stores, restaurants and farmers markets.<ref>{{Cite web|date=January 19, 2020|title=Westerly's new plastic bag ban differs from surrounding towns'|url=https://www.theday.com/article/20200119/NWS01/200119346|access-date=November 22, 2021|website=The Day|language=en-US}}</ref>
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| {{flagicon|Puerto Rico}} [[Puerto Rico]]
|<div class="center" style="width: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;">Territory-wide</div>
| {{Date table sorting|October 2015}}
| {{Date table sorting|July 2016}}
| Plastic bag ban.<ref name="puertorico"/>
|-
| rowspan="15" |{{flagicon|South Carolina}} [[South Carolina]]
|[[Arcadia Lakes, South Carolina|Town of Arcadia Lakes]]
|February 7, 2019
|March 1, 2020
|Single-use plastic bag ban.
|-
|[[Beaufort County, South Carolina|Beaufort County]]
|January 22, 2018
|November 1, 2018
|Prohibits businesses within unincorporated county limits from providing single use plastic carryout bags to customers.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Beaufort County Ordinance|url=https://www.beaufortcountysc.gov/business-services/documents-copy/Plastic%20Bag%20Ban%20-%20Ordinance%20Information.pdf}}</ref>
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|[[Bluffton, South Carolina|Town of Bluffton]]
|February 13, 2018
|November 1, 2018
|Single-use plastic bag ban.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Plastic Bag Ban|url=https://www.townofbluffton.sc.gov/DocumentCenter/View/601/Plastic-Bag-Ban-PDF}}</ref>
|-
|[[Camden, South Carolina|City of Camden]]
|March 26, 2019
|January 1, 2020
|Single-use plastic bag ban.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Single-Use Plastic Bag Ordinance {{!}} City of Camden|url=https://www.cityofcamden.org/business/resources/single-use-plastic-bag-ordinance|access-date=November 23, 2021|website=www.cityofcamden.org}}</ref>
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|[[Charleston, South Carolina|City of Charleston]]
|November 27, 2018
|January 1, 2020
|Single-use plastic bag ban.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Environmentally Acceptable Packaging/Products {{!}} Charleston, SC – Official Website|url=https://www.charleston-sc.gov/1911/Environmentally-Acceptable-PackagingProd|access-date=November 22, 2021|website=www.charleston-sc.gov}}</ref>
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|[[Charleston County, South Carolina|County of Charleston]]
|March 2019
|January 1, 2020
|Single-use plastic bag ban.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Plastic Pollution|url=https://www.coastalconservationleague.org/projects/plastic-pollution/|access-date=November 22, 2021|website=Coastal Conservation League|language=en-US}}</ref>
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|[[Edisto Beach, South Carolina|Town of Edisto Beach]]
|April 11, 2019
|January 1, 2020
|Single-use plastic bag ban.<ref>{{Cite web|date=April 12, 2019|title=Edisto Beach passes plastic bag ban|url=https://abcnews4.com/news/local/edisto-beach-passes-plastic-bag-ban|access-date=November 23, 2021|website=WCIV – ABC News}}</ref>
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|[[Hilton Head Island, South Carolina|Town of Hilton Head Island]]
|January 10, 2018
|November 1, 2018
|Single-use plastic bag ban.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Single-Use Plastic Bag Ban|url=https://www.hiltonheadislandsc.gov/business/bags/|access-date=November 22, 2021|website=www.hiltonheadislandsc.gov}}</ref>
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|[[Isle of Palms, South Carolina|City of Isle of Palms]]
|March 2019
|January 1, 2020
|Single-use plastic bag ban.<ref>{{Cite web|date=May 8, 2019|title=Single-use Plastic Bags, Polystyrene/Plastic Foam Products & Plastic Straws Ban|url=https://www.iop.net/news/single-use-plastic-bags-polystyreneplastic-foam-products-plastic-straws-ban|access-date=November 24, 2021|website=City of Isle of Palms, SC|language=en}}</ref>
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|[[James Island, South Carolina|Town of James Island]]
|November 2019
|January 1, 2020
|Single-use plastic bag ban.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Single-Use Plastic Regulations|url=https://www.jamesislandsc.us/plastics|access-date=November 22, 2021|website=www.jamesislandsc.us}}</ref>
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|[[Mount Pleasant, South Carolina|Town of Mount Pleasant]]
|April 10, 2018
|April 16, 2019. 
|Single-use plastic bag ban.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Staff|first=Live 5 News Web|title=Mt. Pleasant plastic bag ban goes into effect|date=April 16, 2019 |url=https://www.live5news.com/2019/04/16/mt-pleasant-plastic-bag-ban-goes-into-effect}}</ref>
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|[[North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina|City of North Myrtle Beach]]
|November 15, 2021
|July 1, 2022
|Single-use plastic bag ban.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Rowles|first=Courtney|date=November 15, 2021|title=North Myrtle Beach plastic bag ban to go into effect July 2022|url=https://wpde.com/news/local/north-myrtle-beach-plastic-bag-ban-to-go-into-effect-july-2022|access-date=November 22, 2021|website=WPDE}}</ref>
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|[[Port Royal, South Carolina|Town of Port Royal]]
|February 14, 2018
|November 1, 2019
|Single-use plastic bag ban.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Port Royal Passes Plastic Bag Ban|date=February 16, 2018 |url=https://www.wtoc.com/story/37518660/port-royal-passes-plastic-bag-ban/}}</ref>
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|[[Seabrook Island, South Carolina|Town of Seabrook Island]]
|July 23, 2019
|January 1, 2020
|Single-use plastic bag ban.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Town of Seabrook Island Ordinance 2019-08|url=https://www.townofseabrookisland.org/uploads/1/1/5/0/115018967/ord._2019-08_-_ordinance_banning_the_distribution_of_single_use_plastics.pdf|access-date=November 23, 2021|website=Seabrook Island|language=en}}</ref>
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|[[Surfside Beach, South Carolina|Town of Surfside Beach]]
|January 23, 2018
|June 1, 2018
|Single-use plastic bag ban.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Surfside Beach, SC Plastic Bag Ban|url=https://www.surfrider.org/campaigns/surfside-beach-sc-plastic-bag-ban|access-date=November 23, 2021|website=Surfrider Foundation|language=en}}</ref>
|- bgcolor="#fcc"
| rowspan="5" |{{flagicon|Texas}} [[Texas]]{{Smallsup|2}}
| [[Austin, Texas|City of Austin]]
| {{Date table sorting|March 2012}}
| {{Date table sorting|March 2013}}
| Plastic bag and paper bag ban. Reusable plastic bags must be at least 4 mils.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.campaignforrecycling.org/sites/default/files/Austin_bag_ord_signed.pdf|title=Austin, Texas ordinance 20120301-078|access-date=August 13, 2013}}</ref> Overturned by Texas Supreme Court in 2018.<ref name="TexasBansOver">{{Cite web|last=Wang|first=Jackie|date=June 22, 2018|title=Texas Supreme Court strikes down city bag bans, ruling that they violate state law|url=https://www.dallasnews.com/news/courts/2018/06/22/texas-supreme-court-strikes-down-city-bag-bans-ruling-that-they-violate-state-law/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109011644/https://www.dallasnews.com/news/courts/2018/06/22/texas-supreme-court-strikes-down-city-bag-bans-ruling-that-they-violate-state-law/|archive-date=November 9, 2020|access-date=May 14, 2021|website=Dallas News|language=en}}</ref>
|- bgcolor="#fcc"
| [[Brownsville, Texas|City of Brownsville]]
| {{Date table sorting|December 15, 2009}}
| {{Date table sorting|January 5, 2011}}
| Single-use bag ban. $1 charge per transaction for any number of single-use plastic or paper bags. Reusable bags must be at least 4 mils if plastic or 65# if paper.<ref>{{cite web|author1=Public Health Department|title=Plastic Bag Ordinance|url=http://health.cob.us/plastic-bag-ordinance|publisher=City of Brownsville|access-date=February 2, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150202194612/http://health.cob.us/plastic-bag-ordinance|archive-date=February 2, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> Overturned by Texas Supreme Court in 2018.<ref name=TexasBansOver/>
|- bgcolor="#fcc"
| [[Dallas, Texas|City of Dallas]]
| {{Date table sorting|March 2014}}
| {{Date table sorting|January 2015}}
| 5¢ fee for single-use plastic and paper bags. (Ban on all single-use bags on city property or city events.) Reusable plastic bags must be at least 4 mils.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Ault|first1=Josh|title=Dallas Will Charge Fees for Plastic Bag Use|url=http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Dallas-Council-to-Consider-Plastic-Bag-Ban-252427601.html|access-date=February 2, 2015|publisher=KXAS-TV|date=March 27, 2014}}</ref> Overturned by Texas Supreme Court in 2018.<ref name=TexasBansOver/>
|- bgcolor="#fcc"
| [[Fort Stockton, Texas|City of Fort Stockton]]
|
| {{Date table sorting|September 2011}}
| Plastic bag ban. Overturned by Texas Supreme Court in 2018.<ref name=TexasBansOver/>
|- bgcolor="#fcc"
| [[South Padre Island, Texas|City of South Padre Island]]
| {{Date table sorting|January 2011}}
| {{Date table sorting|January 2012}}
| Plastic bag ban.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.myspi.org/egov/docs/1324577805563.htm|title=City of South Padre Island Regulation of Plastic Bags Ordinance|access-date=August 13, 2013}}</ref> Overturned by Texas Supreme Court in 2018.<ref name=TexasBansOver/>
|-
| {{flagicon|United States Virgin Islands}} [[United States Virgin Islands]]
|<div class="center" style="width: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;">Territory-wide</div>
| {{Date table sorting|October 7, 2016}}
| {{Date table sorting|January 1, 2017}}
| Plastic bag ban.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.recyclingtoday.com/article/us-virgin-islands-plastic-bag-ban/|title=US Virgin Islands bans plastic bags|website=Recycling Today|access-date=December 27, 2018}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="3" |{{flagicon|Utah}} [[Utah]]
| [[Moab, Utah|City of Moab]]
| {{Date table sorting|September 10, 2018}}
| {{Date table sorting|January 1, 2019}}
| Plastic bag ban.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ksl.com/article/46391220/moab-will-become-second-utah-city-to-ban-plastic-bags-next-year|title = Moab will become second Utah city to ban plastic bags next year}}</ref>
|-
| [[Park City, Utah|City of Park City]]
| {{Date table sorting|May 15, 2017}}
| {{Date table sorting|June 2017}}
| Plastic bag ban.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.deseret.com/2017/5/16/20612527/paper-or-cloth-park-city-adopts-utah-s-first-ban-on-plastic-bags/|title=Paper or cloth? Park City adopts Utah's first ban on plastic bags|website=[[Deseret News]] |date=May 16, 2017}}</ref>
|- bgcolor="#fcc"
|[[Logan, Utah|City of Logan]]
|December 3, 2019
|January 1, 2022 (repealed before taking effect)
|Plastic bag ban.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Logan plastic bag ban postponed until 2022|url=https://www.cachevalleydaily.com/news/archive/2020/12/02/logan-plastic-bag-ban-postponed-until-2022/|access-date=November 21, 2021|language=en-US}}</ref> Repealed on December 7, 2021, before taking effect.<ref>{{Cite web|date=December 9, 2021|title=Logan plastic bag ban repealed|url=https://usustatesman.com/logan-plastic-bag-ban-repealed/|access-date=December 21, 2021|website=The Utah Statesman|language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2"| {{flagicon|Vermont}} [[Vermont]]
| <div class="center" style="width: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;">Statewide</div>
| {{Date table sorting|June 17, 2019}}
| {{Date table sorting|July 1, 2020}}
| Plastic bag ban. Paper bags have a 10¢ fee.<ref name="NatGeoVT">{{cite web|title=Vermont adopts the most comprehensive plastics ban in U.S.|url=https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2019/06/vermont-adopts-most-comprehensive-single-use-plastics-ban/|publisher=National Geographic|access-date=July 3, 2019|date=June 18, 2019}}</ref>
|-
| [[Brattleboro, Vermont|Town of Brattleboro]]
| {{Date table sorting|November 21, 2017}}<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Anika |title=Brattleboro enacts ban on plastic bags |url=https://www.sentinelsource.com/news/local/brattleboro-enacts-ban-on-plastic-bags/article_f5a85775-4897-5dfb-b133-6d1772287390.html |access-date=November 16, 2018 |publisher=The Keene Sentinel |date=November 30, 2017}}</ref>
| {{Date table sorting|July 1, 2018}}
|Plastic bag ban. Plastic reusable bags must be at least 2.25 mils thick. Certified compostable bags allowed.<ref>{{cite web |title=Chapter 7: Ordinance Regulating Solid Waste |url=https://www.brattleboro.org/vertical/sites/%7BFABA8FB3-EBD9-4E2C-91F9-C74DE6CECDFD%7D/uploads/Chapter_7_REVISED_01-18.pdf |publisher=Town of Brattleboro |access-date=November 16, 2018}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="10" |{{flagicon|Virginia}} [[Virginia]]
|[[Albemarle County, Virginia|Albemarle County]]
|{{Date table sorting|May 4, 2022}}
|{{Date table sorting|January 1, 2023}}
|Five-cent tax on lightweight plastic bags.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nbc29.com/2022/05/04/albemarle-co-passes-plastic-bag-tax/|title=Albemarle Co. passes plastic bag tax|first=Isabel|last=Cleary|website=nbc29.com|date=May 4, 2022 }}</ref>
|-
|[[Alexandria, Virginia|City of Alexandria]]
|{{Date table sorting|September 18, 2021}}
|{{Date table sorting|January 1, 2022}}
|Five-cent tax on lightweight plastic bags.<ref>{{Cite web | title=Council passes plastic bag tax|date=September 23, 2021 |url=https://alextimes.com/2021/09/council-passes-plastic-bag-tax/}}</ref>
|-
|[[Arlington, Virginia|Arlington County]]
|{{Date table sorting|September 18, 2021}}
|{{Date table sorting|January 1, 2022}}
|Five-cent tax on lightweight plastic bags.<ref name="arl"/>
|-
|[[Charlottesville, Virginia|City of Charlottesville]]
|August 1, 2022
|January 1, 2023
|Five-cent tax on lightweight plastic bags.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ordinance |url=civicclerk.blob.core.windows.net/stream/CHARLOTTESVILLEVA/1d4de831-f311-43fc-9490-f5f070605816.pdf?sv=2015-12-11&sr=b&sig=n8rA1gpFAFQOlKvZOlKuoY35Zdy2CCSfiX4cjuPNsT0%3D&st=2022-08-03T02%3A13%3A43Z&se=2023-08-03T02%3A18%3A43Z&sp=r&rscc=no-cache&rsct=application%2Fpdf}}</ref>
|-
|[[Fairfax, Virginia|City of Fairfax]]
|July 12, 2022
|January 1, 2023
|Five-cent tax on lightweight plastic bags.<ref>{{Cite web |title=News {{!}} City of Fairfax, VA |url=https://www.fairfaxva.gov/Home/Components/News/News/11965/18?backlist=/ |access-date=July 16, 2022 |website=www.fairfaxva.gov |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|[[Fairfax County, Virginia|Fairfax County]]
|{{Date table sorting|September 14, 2021}}
|{{Date table sorting|January 1, 2022}}
|Five-cent tax on lightweight plastic bags.<ref name="arl">{{Cite web|url=https://wtop.com/arlington/2021/09/arlington-co-board-unanimously-approves-5-cent-tax-on-disposable-bags/|title=Arlington, Alexandria join Fairfax Co. in passing 5-cent tax on disposable bags|date=September 18, 2021|website=WTOP News}}</ref>
|-
|[[Falls Church, Virginia|City of Falls Church]]
|December 13, 2021
|April 1, 2022
|Five-cent tax on lightweight plastic bags.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Plastic Bag Tax {{!}} Falls Church, VA – Official Website|url=https://www.fallschurchva.gov/2123/Plastic-Bag-Tax|access-date=December 15, 2021|website=www.fallschurchva.gov}}</ref>
|-
| [[Fredericksburg, Virginia|City of Fredericksburg]]
| {{Date table sorting|September 28, 2021}}
| {{Date table sorting|January 1, 2022}}
| Five-cent tax on lightweight plastic bags.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://blueandgraypress.com/2021/09/30/five-cent-plastic-bag-tax-in-city-of-fredericksburg-will-go-into-effect-starting-jan-1-2022|title=Five cent plastic bag tax in City of Fredericksburg will go into effect starting Jan. 1, 2022|website=blueandgraypress.com}}</ref>
|-
|[[Loudoun County, Virginia|Loudoun County]]
|January 18, 2022
|July 1, 2022
|Five-cent tax on lightweight plastic bags.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Tregoning|first=K. C.|date=January 19, 2022|title=How to Prepare Your Loudoun Business for the Disposable Plastic Bag Tax|url=https://biz.loudoun.gov/2022/01/19/business-plastic-bag-tax-faqs/|access-date=January 19, 2022|website=Loudoun County Economic Development, VA|language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
| [[Roanoke, Virginia|City of Roanoke]]
| {{Date table sorting|May 17, 2021}}
| {{Date table sorting|January 1, 2022}}
| Five-cent tax on lightweight plastic bags.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2021/05/18/roanoke-city-council-approves-5-cent-plastic-bag-tax/|title=Roanoke City Council approves 5-cent plastic bag tax|first=Shayne|last=Dwyer|date=May 18, 2021|website=WSLS}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="16" | {{flagicon|Washington}} [[Washington (state)|Washington]]
|<div class="center" style="width: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;">Statewide</div>
| {{Date table sorting|March 25, 2020}}
| {{Date table sorting|October 1, 2021}}
| Plastic bag ban. 8 cent charge for paper bags.<ref>{{cite web|title=WaBagBan |url=https://www.krem.com/article/news/politics/inslee-signs-washington-plastic-bag-ban/293-fae37466-e047-46a9-a648-445f1ec24306 |website=KREM |date=March 25, 2020|access-date=April 16, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.yakimaherald.com/news/business/no-plastic-bag-ban-in-washington-until-the-covid-19-emergency-ends/article_303a0e8f-1f8d-5891-86af-7d0de148da3c.html|title=No plastic bag ban in Washington until the COVID-19 emergency ends|first=Mai|last=Hoang |website=Yakima Herald-Republic|date=January 31, 2021 }}</ref> Implementation delayed from January to July 2021 by [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United States|COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Krieg|first=Hannah|date=February 25, 2021|title=Washington's plastic bag ban on hold during COVID-19 {{!}} Crosscut|url=https://crosscut.com/politics/2021/02/washingtons-plastic-bag-ban-hold-during-covid-19|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303175026/https://crosscut.com/politics/2021/02/washingtons-plastic-bag-ban-hold-during-covid-19|archive-date=March 3, 2021|access-date=May 14, 2021|website=crosscut.com|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ecology.wa.gov/About-us/Who-we-are/News/2021/Statewide-bag-ban-begins-Oct-1|title = Single-use plastic bag ban begins Oct. 1 in Washington}}</ref>
|-
| [[Bainbridge Island, Washington|City of Bainbridge Island]]
| {{Date table sorting|April 2012}}
| {{Date table sorting|November 2012}}
|Plastic bag ban. 5 cent charge for paper bags.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.campaignforrecycling.org/sites/default/files/BainbridgeWA_bagord.pdf|title=Bainbridge Island Ordinance 2012-06|access-date=August 13, 2013}}</ref>
|-
| [[Bellingham, Washington|City of Bellingham]]
| {{Date table sorting|July 2011}}
| {{Date table sorting|July 2012}}
| Plastic bag ban. 5 cent minimum charge for paper bags.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cob.org/web/legilog.nsf/cfc339c6d029f19d882566c7006b12f7/a5f887ced946135e882578d900616955/$FILE/201107034.pdf|title=City of Bellingham Ordinance 2011-07-034|access-date=August 13, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120519072728/http://www.cob.org/web/LEGILOG.nsf/cfc339c6d029f19d882566c7006b12f7/a5f887ced946135e882578d900616955/$FILE/201107034.pdf|archive-date=May 19, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| [[Edmonds, Washington|City of Edmonds]]
|
| {{Date table sorting|July 2009}}
| Plastic bag ban.
|-
| [[Ellensburg, Washington|City of Ellensburg]]
| {{Date table sorting|November 7, 2016}}
| {{Date table sorting|January 1, 2018}}
|Plastic and paper bag fee. Reusable bags must be at least 2.25 mils. 5 cent charge for all carry-out bags.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.codepublishing.com/WA/Ellensburg/#!/Ellensburg05/Ellensburg0564.html|title=Ellensburg City Code|website=www.codepublishing.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailyrecordnews.com/news/ellensburg-will-implement-5-cent-bag-fee/article_5e4bea79-c9e8-530a-8b6e-9d06d27c5dbf.html|title=Ellensburg will implement 5-cent bag fee|first=Nicole|last=Klauss|website=Daily Record}}</ref>
|-
| [[Issaquah, Washington|City of Issaquah]]
| {{Date table sorting|June 2012}}
| {{Date table sorting|March 2013}}
| Plastic bag ban.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.campaignforrecycling.org/sites/default/files/Issaquah_bag_ordinance_code.pdf|title=City of Issaquah Chapter 8.05|access-date=August 13, 2013}}</ref>
|-
| [[Mukilteo, Washington|City of Mukilteo]]
| {{Date table sorting|December 2011}}
| {{Date table sorting|January 2013}}
| Plastic bag ban.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ci.mukilteo.wa.us/Page.asp?NavID=246|title=Mukilteo Plastic Bag Reduction Ordinance|access-date=August 13, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130831010056/http://www.ci.mukilteo.wa.us/Page.asp?NavID=246|archive-date=August 31, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| [[North Bend, Washington|City of North Bend]]
| {{Date table sorting|December 2018}}
| {{Date table sorting|January 1, 2019}}
| Plastic bag ban.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Pappas |first1=Evan |title=North Bend council approves ban on plastic bags at retail; promotes recycling |url=https://www.valleyrecord.com/news/north-bend-council-approves-ban-on-plastic-bags-at-retail-promotes-recycling/ |access-date=February 11, 2020 |publisher=[[Snoqualmie Valley Record]] |date=December 28, 2018}}</ref>
|-
| [[Olympia, Washington|City of Olympia]]
| {{Date table sorting|October 2013}}
| {{Date table sorting|July 2014}}
| Plastic bag ban. 5 cent charge for paper bags.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theolympian.com/2013/10/09/2767832/olympia-approves-plastic-bag-ban.html|title=Olympia approves plastic bag ban, focus shifts to Lacey|access-date=October 30, 2013}}</ref>
|-
| [[Port Angeles, Washington|City of Port Angeles]]
| {{Date table sorting|April 3, 2018}}
| {{Date table sorting|July 3, 2018}}
|Plastic bag ban. Reusable bags must be at least 2.25 mils. 5 cent charge for all carry-out bags.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.peninsuladailynews.com/news/port-angeles-council-bans-thin-plastic-carryout-bags/|title=Port Angeles council bans thin plastic carryout bags|date=April 5, 2018|work=Peninsula Daily News|access-date=April 24, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
| [[Port Townsend, Washington|City of Port Townsend]]
| {{Date table sorting|July 2012}}
| {{Date table sorting|November 2012}}
| Plastic bag ban. 5 cent charge for paper bags.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.campaignforrecycling.org/sites/default/files/BagOrdinance_PortTownsend.pdf|title=City of Port Townsend Chapter 6.25|access-date=August 13, 2013}}</ref>
|-
| [[Seattle, Washington|City of Seattle]]
| {{Date table sorting|December 2011}}
| {{Date table sorting|July 2012}}
| Plastic bag ban. Reusable bags must be at least 2.25 mils. Minimum 5 cent charge for paper bags.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://clerk.seattle.gov/~scripts/nph-brs.exe?s1=117345&Sect4=AND&l=MAX&Sect1=IMAGE&Sect2=THESON&Sect3=PLURON&Sect5=LEGI2&Sect6=HITOFF&d=LEGA&p=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fclerk.seattle.gov%2F~public%2Flegisearch.htm&r=1&f=G|title=Seattle Ordinance No 123775|access-date=August 13, 2013}}</ref>
|-
| [[Shoreline, Washington|City of Shoreline]]
| {{Date table sorting|April 2013}}
| {{Date table sorting|February 2014}}
| Plastic bag ban. 5 cent charge for paper bags.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cawrecycles.org/files/ShorelineWA_bagord.pdf|title=City of Shoreline Ordinance No 653|access-date=August 13, 2013}}{{Dead link|date=May 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
|-
| '''[[Thurston County, Washington|Thurston County]]''' (unincorporated areas)
| {{Date table sorting|September 2013}}
| {{Date table sorting|July 2014}}
| Plastic bag ban. 5 cent charge for paper bags.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theolympian.com/2013/09/24/2741268/thurston-county-bans-plastic-bags.html|title=Thurston County bans plastic bags in unincorporated areas|access-date=October 30, 2013}}</ref>
|-
|[[Tacoma, Washington|City of Tacoma]]
| {{Date table sorting|July 2016}}
| {{Date table sorting|July 12, 2017}}
|Plastic bag ban. 5 cent minimum charge for each recycled paper or reusable checkout bag requested by customers.
|-
| [[Tumwater, Washington|City of Tumwater]]
| {{Date table sorting|September 2013}}
| {{Date table sorting|July 2014}}
| Plastic bag ban. 5 cent charge for paper bags.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theolympian.com/2013/09/19/2730651/tumwater-bans-plastic-grocery.html|title=Tumwater bans plastic grocery-style bags|access-date=October 30, 2013}}</ref>
|-
| {{flagicon|Wyoming}} [[Wyoming]]
| [[Jackson, Wyoming|City of Jackson]]
| {{Date table sorting|January 8, 2019}}
| {{Date table sorting|April 15, 2019}}
| Plastic bag ban. 20 cent charge for paper bags or reusable plastic bags (greater than 4 mils thick).<ref>{{cite web|title=Sacked! Plastic bag ban is now law in Jackson|date=January 8, 2019|url=https://buckrail.com/sacked-plastic-bag-ban-is-now-law-in-jackson/|publisher=Buckrail|access-date=April 3, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite act|title=AN ORDINANCE ADDING CHAPTER 8.36 TO THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE TOWN OF JACKSON|date=January 7, 2019|access-date=July 26, 2023|url=https://www.jacksonwy.gov/DocumentCenter/View/1484/Ordinance-P---Plastic-Bag-Ban-PDF|legislature=Town of Jackson}}</ref>
|}
'''Notes'''
* {{Smallsup|1}} Although the state of Hawaii does not ban plastic bags, all of its local jurisdictions do, effectively banning them statewide.<ref>{{cite web|title=Citizens Group Pushes City Council to Repeal Disposable Shopping Bag Fee|url=http://fighttheplasticbagban.com/2014/10/23/citizens-group-pushes-city-council-to-repeal-disposable-shopping-bag-fee/#more-2535|access-date=November 22, 2014|date=October 23, 2014}}</ref>
* {{Smallsup|2}} On June 22, 2018, the Texas Supreme Court ruled that a bag ban implemented by Laredo, TX was in violation of state law.<ref>{{cite web|title=Texas Supreme Court strikes down Laredo's plastic bag ban, likely ending others|url=https://www.texastribune.org/2018/06/22/texas-supreme-court-rules-bag-bans/|access-date=August 9, 2018|date=June 22, 2018}}</ref> In response, Texas Attorney General [[Ken Paxton]] sent letters to 11 other Texas cities with bag bans telling them that such bans were now illegal and unenforceable. On July 3, 2018, the City of Austin announced that it would end enforcement of its bag ban.<ref>{{cite web|title=Report: Austin to end its bag ban after Texas Supreme Court ruling|url=https://www.texastribune.org/2018/07/03/report-austin-end-its-bag-ban-after-texas-supreme-court-ruling/|access-date=August 9, 2018|date=July 3, 2018}}</ref>
* {{Smallsup|3}}Minnesota has a preemption on local laws that ban plastic bags, but allows for fees on them instead.<ref>{{cite web|title=Preemption Laws|url=https://www.plasticbaglaws.org/preemption|access-date=June 2, 2020|date=June 2, 2020}}</ref>

== California ==
Californians voted in November 2016 to approve state legislation banning plastic bags statewide in Propositions [[California Proposition 67 (2016)|67]] and [[California Proposition 65 (2016)|65]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theverge.com/2016/11/7/13551320/science-issues-election-2016-measures-climate-energy-health-marijuana|title=10 science issues at stake in the 2016 election|first=Alessandra|last=Potenza|date=November 7, 2016|publisher=The Verge}}</ref> Over 100 local laws with similar or tougher regulations will remain and supersede the statewide legislation.

{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width:100%"
|+Local laws governing plastic bag use in California
|-
! rowspan=1 width= "12%" | Region
! rowspan=1 width= "15%" | County
! rowspan=1 width= "15%"| Jurisdictions covered
! rowspan=1 width= "10%"| Passage date
! rowspan=1 width= "10%"| Effective date
! rowspan=1 width= "38%"| Effect
|-
|rowspan="3"| [[Central Valley (California)|Central Valley]]
| rowspan="2"| [[Sacramento County, California|Sacramento County]]
| [[Sacramento, California|Sacramento]]
| 2015 – March
| 2016 – January
| rowspan="2"| Plastic bag ban; 10 cent charge for paper bags.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cawrecycles.org/s/Sac-Bag-Ord.pdf|title=Sacramento Ordinance Banning Plastic Bags|access-date=July 1, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cawrecycles.org/s/Sac-County-Ordinance-3_22_16.PDF|title=Sacramento County Ordinance Banning Plastic Bags|access-date=July 1, 2015}}</ref>
|-
| Unincorporated territories
| 2016 – April
| 2016 – July
|-
| rowspan="1"|[[Yolo County, California|Yolo County]]
| [[Davis, California|Davis]]
| 2013 – November
| 2014 – July
| Plastic bag ban.<ref name="City of Davis Ordinance 2422">{{cite web|url=http://public-works.cityofdavis.org/Media/Recycling/Documents/PDF/PW/Recycle/Single-Use-Carryout-Bags-Ordinance.pdf|title=City of Davis Ordinance 2422|access-date=December 1, 2013}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan="25"| [[Greater Los Angeles Area]]
| rowspan="16"|[[Los Angeles County]]
| [[Beverly Hills, California|Beverly Hills]]<ref>{{cite web|title=City of Beverly Hills, CA Bans Plastic Bags|url=http://plasticbagbanreport.com/city-of-beverly-hills-ca-bans-plastic-bags/|publisher=Plastic Bag Ban Report|access-date=May 7, 2014|date=April 26, 2014}}</ref>
| 2014 – April 22
| 2014 – July 1
| rowspan="7"| Plastic bag ban; 10 cent charge for paper bags.
|-
| [[Calabasas, California|Calabasas]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cawrecycles.org/files/OrdinanceNo2011-282Adopted.pdf|title=City of Calabasas Ordinance 2011-282|access-date=August 1, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111213203922/http://cawrecycles.org/files/OrdinanceNo2011-282Adopted.pdf|archive-date=December 13, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| 2011 – February
| 2011 – July
|-
| [[Culver City, California|Culver City]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cawrecycles.org/files/CulverCity_Ordinance_52813.PDF|title=City of Culver City Ordinance Adding Chapter 11.16|access-date=August 1, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141018155140/http://www.cawrecycles.org/files/CulverCity_Ordinance_52813.PDF|archive-date=October 18, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| 2013 – May
| 2013 – December
|-
| [[Glendale, California|Glendale]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cawrecycles.org/files/Glendale_Bag_Ord.pdf|title=City of Glendale Ordinance Adding Chapter 5.74|access-date=August 1, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141018150909/http://www.cawrecycles.org/files/Glendale_Bag_Ord.pdf|archive-date=October 18, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| 2013 – January
| 2013 – July
|-
| [[Hermosa Beach, California|Hermosa Beach]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cawrecycles.org/s/Hermosa_Beach_Single-Use_Bag_Ban_Ordinance_15-1356_adopted_09012015.pdf|title=City of Hermosa Beach Ordinance|access-date=July 1, 2016}}</ref>
| –
| 2016 – April
|-
| [[Long Beach, California|Long Beach]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cawrecycles.org/files/Signed_ordinance_LBbag.pdf|title=City of Long Beach Ordinance 11-0009|access-date=August 1, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141018181634/http://www.cawrecycles.org/files/Signed_ordinance_LBbag.pdf|archive-date=October 18, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| 2012 – February
| 2013 – January
|-
| [[Los Angeles]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cawrecycles.org/files/11-1531_ord_182604_final.pdf|title=City of Los Angeles Ordinance 182605|access-date=August 1, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150330063350/http://www.cawrecycles.org/files/11-1531_ord_182604_final.pdf|archive-date=March 30, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| 2013 – June
| 2014 – January
|-
| [[Malibu, California|Malibu]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cawrecycles.org/files/Malibu%20Ordinance-Mun%20Code.pdf|title=City of Malibu Ordinance Adding Chapter 9.28|access-date=August 1, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111213230053/http://cawrecycles.org/files/Malibu%20Ordinance-Mun%20Code.pdf|archive-date=December 13, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| 2008 – May
| 2009 – May
| rowspan="2"| Plastic bag ban.
|-
| [[Manhattan Beach, California|Manhattan Beach]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ci.manhattan-beach.ca.us/Modules/ShowDocument.aspx?documentid=5336|title=Manhattan Beach Ordinance 2115|access-date=August 1, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130827113843/http://www.ci.manhattan-beach.ca.us/Modules/ShowDocument.aspx?documentid=5336|archive-date=August 27, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| 2008 – July
| 2011 – July
|-
| [[Monrovia, California|Monrovia]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cawrecycles.org/s/Monrovia.pdf|title=Monrovia Ordinance Banning Plastic Bags|access-date=July 1, 2015}}</ref>
| 2014 – July
| 2015 – January
| rowspan="7"| Plastic bag ban; 10 cent charge for paper bags.
|-
| [[Pasadena, California|Pasadena]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cawrecycles.org/files/Pasadena-signed_ordinance.pdf|title=City of Pasadena Ordinance 7214|access-date=August 1, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141018153006/http://www.cawrecycles.org/files/Pasadena-signed_ordinance.pdf|archive-date=October 18, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| 2011 – November
| 2012 – July
|-
| [[Pico Rivera, California|Pico Rivera]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cawrecycles.org/s/Pico-Rivera.pdf|title=Pico Rivera Ordinance Banning Plastic Bags|access-date=July 1, 2015}}</ref>
| 2014 – October
| 2016 – July
|-
| [[Santa Monica, California|Santa Monica]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.smgov.net/uploadedFiles/Departments/OSE/Business/Bag_Ordinance_2348_signed_020811.pdf|title=City of Santa Monica Ordinance 2348|publisher=City of Santa Monica|access-date=August 1, 2013}}</ref>
| 2011 – February
| 2011 – September
|-
| [[South Pasadena, California|South Pasadena]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cawrecycles.org/s/SouthPasadena.pdf|title=South Pasadena Ordinance|access-date=July 1, 2015}}</ref>
| 2014 – October
| 2014 – December
|-
| [[West Hollywood, California|West Hollywood]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cawrecycles.org/files/WeHo_bagban_signed.pdf|title=City of West Hollywood 12-898|access-date=August 1, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141018181623/http://www.cawrecycles.org/files/WeHo_bagban_signed.pdf|archive-date=October 18, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| 2012 – August
| 2013 – February
|-
| Unincorporated territories<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cawrecycles.org/files/AdoptedOrdinanceNov2010.pdf|title=Los Angeles County Ordinance Amending Chapter 12|access-date=August 1, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111213230152/http://cawrecycles.org/files/AdoptedOrdinanceNov2010.pdf|archive-date=December 13, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| 2010 – November
| 2012 – January
|-
| rowspan="3"|[[Orange County, California|Orange County]]
| [[Dana Point, California|Dana Point]]
| 2012 – March
| 2013 – April
| Plastic bag ban.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cawrecycles.org/files/Ordinance%2012-04_official.pdf|title=City of Dana Point 12-04|access-date=August 1, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150330064443/http://www.cawrecycles.org/files/Ordinance%2012-04_official.pdf|archive-date=March 30, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| [[Huntington Beach, California|Huntington Beach]]
| 2013 – April
| 2013 – November
| Plastic bag ban; 10 cent charge for paper bags.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cawrecycles.org/files/HuntingtonBeach_bagord.PDF|title=City of Huntington Beach Ordinance 3975|access-date=August 1, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131101082326/http://www.cawrecycles.org/files/HuntingtonBeach_bagord.PDF|archive-date=November 1, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| [[Laguna Beach, California|Laguna Beach]]
| 2012 – February
| 2013 – January
| Plastic bag ban; 10 cent charge for paper bags.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cawrecycles.org/files/LagunaBeachBagOrdinance-1561.pdf|title=City of Laguna Beach Ordinance 1561|access-date=August 1, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141018150306/http://www.cawrecycles.org/files/LagunaBeachBagOrdinance-1561.pdf|archive-date=October 18, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="5"|[[Riverside County]]
| [[Cathedral City, California|Cathedral City]]
| 2015 – July
| 2016 – February
| Plastic bag ban; 10 cent charge for paper bags.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cawrecycles.org/s/Cathedral-City-Plastic-Bag-Ord.pdf|title=City of Cathedral City Ordinance |access-date=July 1, 2016}}</ref>
|-
| [[Desert Hot Springs, California|Desert Hot Springs]]
| 2014 – March
| 2014 – September
| Plastic bag ban. Small fee for paper bag.<ref name="elcerritosanpablo">{{cite web|url=http://www.cawrecycles.org/files/DesertHotSprings_ord_031814.PDF|title=Desert Hot Springs Bag Ordinance|access-date=April 1, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140504072336/http://www.cawrecycles.org/files/DesertHotSprings_ord_031814.PDF|archive-date=May 4, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| [[Indio, California|Indio]]
| 2014 – May
| 2014 – November
| Plastic bag ban; 10 cent charge for paper bags.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cawrecycles.org/s/Indio.pdf|title=City of Indio Ordinance|access-date=July 1, 2015}}</ref>
|-
| [[Palm Desert, California|Palm Desert]]
| 2014 – May
| 2015 – October
| Plastic bag ban; 10 cent charge for paper bags.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cawrecycles.org/s/PalmDesert.pdf|title=Palm Desert Ordinance Banning Plastic Bags|access-date=July 1, 2015}}</ref>
|-
| [[Palm Springs, California|Palm Springs]]
| 2014 – April
| 2014 – November
| Plastic bag ban; 10 cent charge for paper bags.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cawrecycles.org/s/PalmSprings.pdf|title=Palm Springs Ordinance Banning Plastic Bags|access-date=July 1, 2015}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="1"|[[Ventura County, California|Ventura County]]
| [[Ojai, California|Ojai]]
| 2012 – April
| 2012 – July
| Plastic bag ban; 10 cent charge for paper bags.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cawrecycles.org/files/Ojai_bagord_32712.pdf|title=City of Ojai Ordinance 817|access-date=August 1, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141018152933/http://www.cawrecycles.org/files/Ojai_bagord_32712.pdf|archive-date=October 18, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="21"|[[Northern California]]
| rowspan="1"|[[Butte County, California|Butte County]]
| [[Chico, California|Chico]]
| 2014 – May
| 2015 – January
| Plastic bag ban; 10 cent charge for paper bags.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cawrecycles.org/s/Chico.pdf|title=City of Chico Ordinance|access-date=July 1, 2015}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="1"|[[El Dorado County, California|El Dorado County]]
| [[South Lake Tahoe, California|South Lake Tahoe]]
| 2013 – October
| 2014 – February
| Plastic bag ban; 10 cent charge for paper bags.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cawrecycles.org/files/SLT_bagord_101513.pdf|title=South Lake Tahoe Ordinance|access-date=December 1, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140101023321/http://www.cawrecycles.org/files/SLT_bagord_101513.pdf|archive-date=January 1, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="1"|[[Humboldt County, California|Humboldt County]]
| [[Arcata, California|Arcata]]
| –
| 2014 – February
| Plastic bag ban; 10 cent charge for paper bags.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cawrecycles.org/files/Arcata_BagOrd_120413.pdf|title=City of Arcata Ordinance 1434|access-date=December 1, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140101023304/http://www.cawrecycles.org/files/Arcata_BagOrd_120413.pdf|archive-date=January 1, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="3"|[[Mendocino County]]
| [[Fort Bragg, California|Fort Bragg]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cawrecycles.org/files/FortBragg_bagord_51412.pdf|title=City of Fort Brag Ordinance 903–2012|access-date=August 1, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141018152347/http://www.cawrecycles.org/files/FortBragg_bagord_51412.pdf|archive-date=October 18, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| 2012 – May
| 2013 – December
| rowspan="3"|Plastic bag ban; 10 cent charge for paper bags.
|-
| [[Ukiah, California|Ukiah]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cawrecycles.org/files/UkiahBagOrd5212.pdf|title=City of Ukiah Ordinance Adding Chapter 9|access-date=August 1, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141018181545/http://www.cawrecycles.org/files/UkiahBagOrd5212.pdf|archive-date=October 18, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| 2012 – May
| 2013 – February
|-
| Unincorporated territories<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cawrecycles.org/files/MendoCnty_ord_61212.pdf|title=Mendocino County Board of Supervisors Ordinance 9.41|author=Mendocino County Board of Supervisors|access-date=August 1, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150330061356/http://www.cawrecycles.org/files/MendoCnty_ord_61212.pdf|archive-date=March 30, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| 2012 – June
| 2013 – January
|-
| rowspan="1"|[[Mono County, California|Mono County]]
| [[Mammoth Lakes, California|Mammoth Lakes]]
| –
| 2016 – March
| Plastic bag ban.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cawrecycles.org/s/Mammoth_Lakes_Ordinance.pdf|title=Mammoth Lakes ordinance|access-date=July 1, 2016}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="11"|[[Monterey County]]
| [[Carmel-by-the-Sea, California|Carmel-by-the-Sea]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cawrecycles.org/files/bag_ord_Carmel.pdf|title=City of Carmel-by-the-Sea Ordinance Banning Single-Use Plastic Bags|access-date=August 1, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141018145844/http://www.cawrecycles.org/files/bag_ord_Carmel.pdf|archive-date=October 18, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| 2012 – July
| 2013 – February
| rowspan="6"|Plastic bag ban; 10 cent charge for paper bags.
|-
| [[Greenfield, California|Greenfield]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cawrecycles.org/s/Greenfield.pdf|title=Greenfield Bag ordinance|access-date=July 1, 2016}}</ref>
| 2014 – August
| 2015 – February
|-
| [[Gonzales, California|Gonzales]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cawrecycles.org/s/Gonzales.pdff|title=City of Gonzales Ordinance|access-date=July 1, 2015}}{{Dead link|date=May 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
| 2014 – July
| 2015 – January
|-
| [[Pacific Grove, California|Pacific Grove]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cawrecycles.org/s/PacificGrove.pdf|title=Pacific Grove Ordinance Banning Plastic Bags|access-date=July 1, 2015}}</ref>
| 2014 – August
| 2015 – March
|-
| [[King City, California|King City]]<ref name="City of King City ordinance">{{cite web|url=http://www.cawrecycles.org/s/KingCity.pdf|title=City of King City ordinance|access-date=July 1, 2015}}</ref>
| 2014 – September
| 2015 – January
|-
| [[Marina, California|Marina]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cawrecycles.org/s/Marina.pdf|title=Marina Bag ordinance|access-date=July 1, 2015}}</ref>
| –
| 2014 – August
|-
| [[Monterey, California|Monterey]]
| 2011 – December
| 2012 – June
| Plastic bag ban; 25 cent charge for paper bags.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cawrecycles.org/files/Monterey_bagord_Dec6.pdf|title=Monterey City Ordinance Banning Plastic Bags|access-date=August 1, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141018210523/http://www.cawrecycles.org/files/Monterey_bagord_Dec6.pdf|archive-date=October 18, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| [[Salinas, California|Salinas]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cawrecycles.org/s/Salinas.pdf|title=Salinas Ordinance Banning Plastic Bags|access-date=July 1, 2015}}</ref>
| –
| 2014 – August
| rowspan="4"| Plastic bag ban; 10 cent charge for paper bags.
|-
| [[Seaside, California|Seaside]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cawrecycles.org/s/Seaside.pdf|title=Seaside Ordinance|access-date=July 1, 2015}}</ref>
| 2014 – August
| 2015 – September
|-
| [[Soledad, California|Soledad]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cawrecycles.org/s/Soledad.pdf|title=Soledad Ordinance|access-date=July 1, 2015}}</ref>
| 2014 – October
| 2015 – May
|-
| Unincorporated territories<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cawrecycles.org/s/MontereyCounty.pdf|title=Monterey County ordinance1|access-date=July 1, 2015}}</ref>
| –
| 2014 – August
|-
| rowspan="3"|[[Nevada County, California|Nevada County]]
| [[Grass Valley, California|Grass Valley]]
| 2014 – August
| 2015 – January
| Plastic bag ban. Small fee for paper bag.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cawrecycles.org/s/GrassValleyBagOrd.pdf|title=Grass Valley Bag ordinance|access-date=July 1, 2016}}</ref>
|-
| [[Nevada City, California|Nevada City]]
| 2014 – June
| 2015 – July
| Plastic bag ban; 10 cent charge for paper bags.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cawrecycles.org/s/Nevada.pdf|title=Nevada City Ordinance Banning Plastic Bags|access-date=July 1, 2015}}</ref>
|-
| [[Truckee, California|Truckee]]
| 2013 – November
| 2014 – June
| Plastic bag ban; 10 cent charge for paper bags.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cawrecycles.org/files/Truckee%20Bag%20Ord%20112513.pdf|title=City of Truckee Ordinance 2013-05|access-date=December 1, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140101021452/http://www.cawrecycles.org/files/Truckee%20Bag%20Ord%20112513.pdf|archive-date=January 1, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="90"| Greater [[San Francisco Bay Area]]
| rowspan="14"|[[Alameda County]]
| [[Alameda, California|Alameda]]
| rowspan="14"| 2012 – January
| rowspan="14"| 2013 – January
| rowspan="14"|Plastic bag ban for food and liquor stores, and pharmacies; reusable bags must be at least 2.25 mils; 10 cent charge for paper bags.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cawrecycles.org/files/StopWaste_bagordinance_Jan2012.pdf|title=Alameda County Waste Management Authority Reusable Bag Ordinance|author=Alameda County Waste Management Authority|access-date=August 1, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130123232538/http://www.cawrecycles.org/files/StopWaste_bagordinance_Jan2012.pdf|archive-date=January 23, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| [[Albany, California|Albany]]
|-
| [[Berkeley, California|Berkeley]]
|-
| [[Dublin, California|Dublin]]
|-
| [[Emeryville, California|Emeryville]]
|-
| [[Fremont, California|Fremont]]
|-
| [[Hayward, California|Hayward]]
|-
| [[Livermore, California|Livermore]]
|-
| [[Oakland]]
|-
| [[Piedmont, California|Piedmont]]
|-
| [[Pleasanton, California|Pleasanton]]
|-
| [[San Leandro, California|San Leandro]]
|-
| [[Union City, California|Union City]]
|-
| Unincorporated territories
|-
| rowspan="10"|[[Contra Costa County]]
|-
| [[Danville, California|Danville]]
| 2014 – December
| 2016 – July
| Plastic bag ban.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cawrecycles.org/s/Danville.pdf|title=Danville Ordinance|access-date=July 1, 2015}}</ref>
|-
| [[Hercules, California|Hercules]]
| 2014 – September
| 2015 – January
| Plastic bag ban; 10 cent charge for paper bags.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cawrecycles.org/s/Gonzales.pdff|title=City of Gonzalez Ordinance|access-date=July 1, 2015}}{{Dead link|date=May 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
|-
| [[Lafayette, California|Lafayette]]
| 2014 – December
| 2015 – July
| Plastic bag ban; 10 cent charge for paper bags.<ref name="City of King City ordinance"/>
|-
| [[Martinez, California|Martinez]]
| –
| 2014
| Plastic bag ban.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.environmentcalifornia.org/news/cae/martinez-plastic-bag-ban-moves-forward|title=Martinez plastic bag ban moves forward|access-date=December 1, 2013}}</ref>
|-
| [[Pittsburg, California|Pittsburg]]
| 2013 – October
| 2014 – January
| Plastic bag ban; phased charge for paper bags until 25 cents in the third year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.contracostatimes.com/contracostatimes/ci_24364500/pittsburg-gives-ok-plastic-ban-ban|title=Pittsburg OKs plastic bag ban|access-date=December 1, 2013|date=October 22, 2013}}</ref>
|-
| [[Pleasant Hill, California|Pleasant Hill]]
| –
| 2014 – August
| Plastic bag ban; 10 cent charge for paper bags.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cawrecycles.org/s/PleasantHill.pdf|title=Pleasant Hill Ordinance Banning Plastic Bags|access-date=July 1, 2015}}</ref>
|-
| [[Richmond, California|Richmond]]
| 2013 – July
| 2014 – January
| Plastic bag ban; 10 cent charge for paper bags.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.contracostatimes.com/ci_23492804/richmond-becomes-first-city-contra-costa-county-ban|title=Richmond becomes first city in Contra Costa County to ban plastic bags at retail outlets|publisher=Contra Costa Times|author=Rogers, Robert|access-date=August 1, 2013|date=June 19, 2013}}</ref>
|-
| [[San Pablo, California|San Pablo]]
| 2013 – October
| 2014 – January
| Plastic bag ban. Ten cent fee for paper bag.<ref name="elcerritosanpablo"/>
|-
| [[Walnut Creek, California|Walnut Creek]]
| 2014 – March
| 2014 – September
| Plastic bag ban; 10 cent charge for paper bags.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cawrecycles.org/files/BagOrdinance_031814.PDF|title=City of Walnut Creek Ordinance Banning Plastic Bags|access-date=April 1, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140504072303/http://www.cawrecycles.org/files/BagOrdinance_031814.PDF|archive-date=May 4, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="12"|[[Marin County]]
|-
| [[Corte Madera, California|Corte Madera]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cawrecycles.org/s/Corte-Madera-Final-Ordinance.pdf|title=City of Corte Madera Plastic Bag Reduction Ordinance|access-date=July 1, 2016}}</ref>
| 2015 – July
| 2015 – September
| Plastic bag ban. 10 cent charge for paper bag.
|-
| [[Fairfax, California|Fairfax]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cawrecycles.org/files/Fairfax%20Ordinance-Mun%20Code.pdf|title=City of Fairfax Plastic Bag Reduction Ordinance|access-date=August 1, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111213230214/http://cawrecycles.org/files/Fairfax%20Ordinance-Mun%20Code.pdf|archive-date=December 13, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| 2007 – August
| 2008 – November
| rowspan="2"| Plastic bag ban. 10 cent charge for paper bag.
|-
| [[Larkspur, California|Larkspur]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cawrecycles.org/s/Larkspur.pdf|title=City of Larkspur Ordinance|access-date=July 1, 2015}}</ref>
| 2014 – May
| 2014 – November
|-
| [[Mill Valley, California|Mill Valley]]
| 2013 – October 21
| 2013 – November 21<ref>{{cite web|title=Single-Use Disposable Bag Ban|url=http://www.cityofmillvalley.org/Index.aspx?page=1542|publisher=City of Mill Valley|access-date=October 2, 2014}}</ref>
| Plastic bag ban; 5 cent charge for paper bags.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cawrecycles.org/files/MillValley_BagOrd2.pdf|title=Mill Valley Bag Ordinance|access-date=August 1, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140101020626/http://www.cawrecycles.org/files/MillValley_BagOrd2.pdf|archive-date=January 1, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| [[Novato, California|Novato]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cawrecycles.org/s/Novato.pdf|title=Novato Ordinance Banning Plastic Bags|access-date=July 1, 2015}}</ref>
| –
| 2014 – March
| rowspan="6"| Plastic bag ban. 10 cent charge for paper bag.
|-
| [[Ross, California|Ross]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cawrecycles.org/s/Ross.pdf|title=Ross Ordinance Banning Plastic Bags|access-date=July 1, 2015}}</ref>
| 2014 – September
| 2015 – April
|-
| [[San Anselmo, California|San Anselmo]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cawrecycles.org/s/San-Anselmo.pdf|title=San Anselmo Ordinance Banning Plastic Bags|access-date=July 1, 2015}}</ref>
| –
| 2015 – January
|-
| [[San Rafael, California|San Rafael]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cawrecycles.org/files/SanRafaelBagOrdinance_1920.pdf|title=San Rafael Ordinance|access-date=March 9, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140310072046/http://www.cawrecycles.org/files/SanRafaelBagOrdinance_1920.pdf|archive-date=March 10, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| 2014 – March
| 2014 – September
|-
| [[Sausalito, California|Sausalito]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cawrecycles.org/s/Sausalito.pdf|title=Sausalito Ordinance|access-date=July 1, 2015}}</ref>
| –
| 2014 – March
|-
| [[Tiburon, California|Tiburon]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cawrecycles.org/s/Tiburon.pdf|title=Tiburon Ordinance|access-date=July 1, 2015}}</ref>
| –
| 2014 – September
|-
| Unincorporated territories
| 2011 – January
| 2012 – January
| Plastic bag ban.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cawrecycles.org/files/ORD-3553.pdf|title=Marin County Board of Supervisors Ordinance 3553|author=Marin County Board of Supervisors|access-date=August 1, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111213202539/http://cawrecycles.org/files/ORD-3553.pdf|archive-date=December 13, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="7"|[[Napa County, California|Napa County]]
|-
| [[American Canyon, California|American Canyon]]
| –
| 2016 – January
| Plastic bag ban; 10 cent charge for paper bags.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cawrecycles.org/s/AC-Final-Ordinance.pdf|title=City of American Canyon Ordinance|access-date=July 1, 2016}}</ref>
|-
| [[Calistoga, California|Calistoga]]
| 2014 – August
| 2015 – January
| Plastic bag ban; 10 cent charge for paper bags.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cawrecycles.org/s/Calistoga.pdf|title=City of Calistoga Ordinance|access-date=July 1, 2015}}</ref>
|-
| [[Napa, California|Napa]]
| Napa
| 2014 – August
| Plastic bag ban; 10 cent charge for paper bags.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cawrecycles.org/s/Napa.PDF|title=Napa Ordinance Banning Plastic Bags|access-date=July 1, 2015}}</ref>
|-
| [[St. Helena, California|St. Helena]]
| 2014 – August
| 2015 – January
| Plastic bag ban. Ten cent fee for paper bag.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cawrecycles.org/s/StHelena.pdf|title=St. Helena Ordinance|access-date=July 1, 2015}}</ref>
|-
| [[Yountville, California|Yountville]]
| 2016 – February
| 2016 – March
| Plastic bag ban. Ten cent fee for paper bag.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cawrecycles.org/s/Yountville-Bag-Ordinance.pdf|title=Yountville Ordinance|access-date=July 1, 2016}}</ref>
|-
| Unincorporated territories
| 2016 – January
| 2016 – July
| Plastic bag ban. Ten cent fee for paper bag.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cawrecycles.org/s/Napa-County-Final-1_12_16.pdf|title=Napa County ordinance|access-date=July 1, 2016}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[San Francisco City and County]]
| rowspan="2"| San Francisco
| 2007 – April
|
| Limited plastic bag ban.
|-
| 2012 – February
| 2012 – October
| Expansion of ban to cover all retail stores in 2012 and all restaurants in 2013. 10 cent charge for paper bags.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sfenvironment.org/sites/default/files/fliers/files/sfe_zw_checkout_bag_factsheet_faq.pdf|title=San Francisco Checkout Bag Ordinance Factsheet|author=San Francisco|access-date=August 1, 2013}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="17"|[[San Mateo County, California|San Mateo County]]
| [[Belmont, California|Belmont]]
| 2013 – January
| rowspan="5"| 2013 – April
| rowspan="17"|Plastic bag ban; 10 cent charge for paper bags.<ref name="sanmateoco">{{Cite web|url=http://www.cawrecycles.org/files/SanMateoCo_ReusableBagOrdinance.pdf|title=San Mateo County Ordinance Adding Chapter 4.114|author=Santa Mateo County|access-date=August 1, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130722055910/http://www.cawrecycles.org/files/SanMateoCo_ReusableBagOrdinance.pdf|archive-date=July 22, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| [[Brisbane, California|Brisbane]]
| rowspan="2"| 2013 – March
|-
| [[Burlingame, California|Burlingame]]
|-
| [[Colma, California|Colma]]
| rowspan="2"| 2013 – January
|-
| [[Daly City, California|Daly City]]
|-
| [[East Palo Alto, California|East Palo Alto]]
| 2013 – April
| 2013 – October
|-
| [[Half Moon Bay, California|Half Moon Bay]]
| rowspan="2"| 2013 – March
| rowspan="2"| 2013 – April
|-
| [[Menlo Park, California|Menlo Park]]
|-
| [[Millbrae, California|Millbrae]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cawrecycles.org/files/Ordinance742_Millbrae_Bags.pdf|title=Millbrae Ordinance 742|access-date=August 1, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141018181833/http://www.cawrecycles.org/files/Ordinance742_Millbrae_Bags.pdf|archive-date=October 18, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| 2012 – February
| 2012 – September
|-
| [[Pacifica, California|Pacifica]]
| 2012 – December
| rowspan="2"| 2013 – April
|-
| [[Portola Valley, California|Portola Valley]]
| 2013 – January
|-
| [[Redwood City, California|Redwood City]]
| 2013 – March
| 2013 – October
|-
| [[San Bruno, California|San Bruno]]
| 2013 – January
| 2013 – April
|-
| [[San Carlos, California|San Carlos]]
| 2013 – March
| 2013 – July
|-
| [[San Mateo, California|San Mateo]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cawrecycles.org/files/SanMateoCity_bagord_050613.pdf|title=San Mateo Ordinance Adding Chapter 5.86|publisher=City of San Mateo|access-date=August 1, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150330061240/http://www.cawrecycles.org/files/SanMateoCity_bagord_050613.pdf|archive-date=March 30, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| 2013 – May
| 2013 – June
|-
| [[South San Francisco]]
| 2012 – December
| rowspan="2"| 2013 – April
|-
| Unincorporated territories
| 2012 – November
|-
| rowspan="13"|[[Santa Clara County, California|Santa Clara County]]
| [[Campbell, California|Campbell]]{{Smallsup|1}}<ref name="sanmateoco"/>
| 2013 – July
| 2014 – January
| rowspan="13"| Plastic bag ban; 10 cent charge for paper bags.
|-
| [[Cupertino, California|Cupertino]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cawrecycles.org/files/Cupertino_bagord_final.pdf|title=City of Cupertino Ordinance 13-2102|access-date=August 1, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141018152921/http://www.cawrecycles.org/files/Cupertino_bagord_final.pdf|archive-date=October 18, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| 2013 – March
| 2013 – October
|-
| [[Los Altos, California|Los Altos]]{{Smallsup|1}}<ref name="sanmateoco"/>
| 2013 – March
| 2013 – July
|-
| [[Los Gatos, California|Los Gatos]]{{Smallsup|1}}<ref name="sanmateoco"/>
| 2013 – September
| 2014 – February
|-
| [[Milpitas, California|Milpitas]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cawrecycles.org/s/Milpitas-Ordinance.pdf|title=Milpitas Ordinance Banning Plastic Bags|access-date=July 1, 2016}}</ref>
| 2015 – September
| 2016 – July
|-
| [[Morgan Hill, California|Morgan Hill]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cawrecycles.org/files/BagOrd_MorganHill.pdf|title=Morgan Hill Ordinance Banning Plastic Bags|access-date=December 1, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140101023620/http://www.cawrecycles.org/files/BagOrd_MorganHill.pdf|archive-date=January 1, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| 2013 – October
| 2014 – April
|-
| [[Mountain View, California|Mountain View]]{{Smallsup|1}}<ref name="sanmateoco"/>
| 2012 – December
| 2013 – April
|-
| rowspan="2"|[[Palo Alto, California|Palo Alto]]<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.cityofpaloalto.org/gov/depts/pwd/pollution/palo_alto_disposable_checkout_bag_ordinance.asp |title=Palo Alto Disposable Checkout Bag Ordinance |access-date=January 1, 2016}}</ref>
|-
| 2013 – May
| 2013 – July
|-
| [[San Jose, California|San Jose]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sanjoseca.gov/index.aspx?NID=1526|title=City of San Jose Bring Your Own Bag Ordinance Update|access-date=January 1, 2016}}</ref>
| 2011 – January
| 2012 – January
|-
| [[Santa Clara, California|Santa Clara]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cawrecycles.org/s/SantaClara.pdf|title=Santa Clara Ordinance|access-date=July 1, 2015}}</ref>
| 2014 – September
| 2014 – December
|-
| [[Sunnyvale, California|Sunnyvale]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cawrecycles.org/files/SunnyvaleOrdinance2965-11.pdf|title=City of Sunnyvale Ordinance 2965-11|access-date=August 1, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140101021929/http://www.cawrecycles.org/files/SunnyvaleOrdinance2965-11.pdf|archive-date=January 1, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| 2011 – December
| 2012 – June
|-
| Unincorporated territories<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cawrecycles.org/files/SCC%20Ordinance.pdf|title=Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors Ordinance 517.77|author=Santa Clara County|access-date=August 1, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150217192208/http://www.cawrecycles.org/files/SCC%20Ordinance.pdf|archive-date=February 17, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| 2011 – April
| 2012 – January
|-
| rowspan="5"| [[Santa Cruz County, California|Santa Cruz County]]
| [[Capitola, California|Capitola]]
| 2013 – January
| 2013 – April
| Plastic bag ban; 25 cent charge for paper bags.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cawrecycles.org/files/Capitola_bagord_11013.pdf|title=City of Capitola Ordinance Enacting Chapter 8.07|access-date=August 1, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141018145854/http://www.cawrecycles.org/files/Capitola_bagord_11013.pdf|archive-date=October 18, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| [[Santa Cruz, California|Santa Cruz]]
| 2012 – July
| 2013 – April
| Plastic bag ban; 10 cent charge for paper bags.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cawrecycles.org/files/SantaCruz_bagord_71012.pdf|title=Santa Cruz Ordinance Adding Chapter 6.49|publisher=City of Santa Cruz|access-date=August 1, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141018145827/http://www.cawrecycles.org/files/SantaCruz_bagord_71012.pdf|archive-date=October 18, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| [[Watsonville, California|Watsonville]]
| 2012 – May
| 2012 – June
| Plastic bag ban; 25 cent charge for paper bags.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cawrecycles.org/files/Watsonville_051812_bag_ord.pdf|title=City of Watsonville Ordinance Banning Plastic Bags|access-date=August 1, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141018181821/http://www.cawrecycles.org/files/Watsonville_051812_bag_ord.pdf|archive-date=October 18, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2"|Unincorporated territories
| 2011 – September
| 2012 – March
| Plastic bag ban; 10 cent charge for paper bags.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cawrecycles.org/files/Santa%20Cruz%20County%20Bag%20Ordinance_final.pdf|title=Santa Cruz County Ordinance 5.48|author=Santa Cruz County|access-date=August 1, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111213192730/http://cawrecycles.org/files/Santa%20Cruz%20County%20Bag%20Ordinance_final.pdf|archive-date=December 13, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| 2012 – October
| 2013 – April
| Expansion of ban to restaurants.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cawrecycles.org/files/bagordinance_scc_92512_0.pdf|title=Santa Cruz County Ordinance Amending 5.48.015 and 5.48.020|author=Santa Cruz County|access-date=August 1, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141018152824/http://www.cawrecycles.org/files/bagordinance_scc_92512_0.pdf|archive-date=October 18, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="10"|[[Sonoma County]]
| [[Cloverdale, California|Cloverdale]]
| rowspan="10"| 2014 – February
| rowspan="10"| 2014 – September
| rowspan="10"|Plastic bag ban; 10 cent charge for paper bags.<ref name="sonomaco">{{cite web|url=http://www.cawrecycles.org/files/Ordinance_2014-02_Waste_Reduction_Program_for_Carryout_Bags.pdf|title=Sonoma County Waste Management Agency|author=Sonoma County Waste Management Agency|access-date=March 9, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140310064701/http://www.cawrecycles.org/files/Ordinance_2014-02_Waste_Reduction_Program_for_Carryout_Bags.pdf|archive-date=March 10, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| [[Cotati, California|Cotati]]
|-
| [[Healdsburg, California|Healdsburg]]
|-
| [[Petaluma, California|Petaluma]]
|-
| [[Rohnert Park, California|Rohnert Park]]
|-
| [[Santa Rosa, California|Santa Rosa]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cawrecycles.org/s/SantaRosa.pdf|title=Santa Rosa Ordinance|access-date=July 1, 2015}}</ref>
|-
| [[Sebastopol, California|Sebastopol]]
|-
| [[Sonoma, California|Sonoma]]
|-
| [[Windsor, California|Windsor]]
|-
| Unincorporated territories<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cawrecycles.org/s/SomomaCounty.pdf|title=Sonoma County Waste Management Agency|access-date=July 1, 2015}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="14"|[[Southern California]]
| rowspan="4"|[[San Diego County]]
| [[Del Mar, California|Del Mar]]
| 2016 – May
| 2016 – November (retail)<br>2017 – May (restaurants)
| Plastic bag ban.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cawrecycles.org/s/Del-Mar-FINAL-Staff-Report-Ordinance-5_16_16.pdf|title=City of l Del Mar Ordinance|access-date=December 1, 2013}}</ref>
|-
| [[Encinitas, California|Encinitas]]
| 2014 – September
| 2015 – April
| Plastic bag ban. Small fee for paper bag.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cawrecycles.org/s/Encinitas.pdf|title=Encinitas Bag ordinance|access-date=July 1, 2015}}</ref>
|-
| [[San Diego, California|San Diego]]
| 2016 – July
| 2017 – January
| Plastic bag ban. Ten cent fee for paper bag.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kpbs.org/news/2016/jul/19/san-diego-oks-plastic-bag-ban/|title=San Diego OKs Plastic Bag Ban|access-date=July 1, 2016}}</ref>
|-
| [[Solana Beach, California|Solana Beach]]
| 2012 – May
| 2012 – June
| Plastic bag ban; 10 cent charge for paper bags.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cawrecycles.org/files/SB_BagOrd_revised.pdf|title=City of Solana Beach Ordinance 437|access-date=August 1, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141018150438/http://www.cawrecycles.org/files/SB_BagOrd_revised.pdf|archive-date=October 18, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="8"| [[San Luis Obispo County]]
| [[Arroyo Grande, California|Arroyo Grande]]
| rowspan="8"| 2012 – January
| rowspan="8"| 2012 – October
| rowspan="8"|Plastic bag ban; 10 cent charge for paper bags.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.iwma.com/admin/ordinances/Draft%20Single%20Use%20Bag%20Ordinance%2011-2-11.pdf|title=San Luis Obispo Integrated Waste Management Authority Reusable Bag Ordinance|access-date=August 1, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130323084342/http://www.iwma.com/admin/ordinances/Draft%20Single%20Use%20Bag%20Ordinance%2011-2-11.pdf|archive-date=March 23, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| [[Atascadero, California|Atascadero]]
|-
| [[Grover Beach, California|Grover Beach]]
|-
| [[Morro Bay, California|Morro Bay]]
|-
| [[Paso Robles, California|Paso Robles]]
|-
| [[Pismo Beach, California|Pismo Beach]]
|-
| [[San Luis Obispo, California|San Luis Obispo]]
|-
| Unincorporated territories
|-
| rowspan="2"|[[Santa Barbara County]]
| [[Carpinteria, California|Carpinteria]]
| 2012 – March
| 2012 – July
| Plastic bag ban; 10 cent charge for paper bags.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cawrecycles.org/files/carpinteria_bagord_31212.pdf|title=City of Carpenteria Ordinance 655|access-date=August 1, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141018151955/http://www.cawrecycles.org/files/carpinteria_bagord_31212.pdf|archive-date=October 18, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| [[Santa Barbara, California|Santa Barbara]]
| 2013 – October
| 2014 – December
| Plastic bag ban. Ten cent fee for paper bag.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cawrecycles.org/files/SB_bagord_101513.pdf|title=Santa Barbara Ordinance|access-date=March 9, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140310070412/http://www.cawrecycles.org/files/SB_bagord_101513.pdf|archive-date=March 10, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
|}
'''Notes:'''
* {{Smallsup|1}} The San Mateo County Environmental Impact Report also studied six cities in neighboring Santa Clara County. Campbell, Los Altos, Los Gatos, and Mountain View opted to join San Mateo County's ordinance because of this.

==Notes and references==

===Footnotes===
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===References===
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==Further reading==
* {{Skeptoid | id=4711 | number=711 | date=January 21, 2020 | title=The Trashy Secret of Plastic Bag Bans: Science decides the question of whether plastic bag bans help or hurt the environment.| access-date=May 16, 2022}}

[[Category:Plastics and the environment]]
[[Category:Shopping bags]]
[[Category:Technological phase-outs|Lightweight plastic bags in the United States]]
[[Category:Waste minimisation]]