More U.S. cities and territories are combating litter by banning or taxing plastic shopping bags, despite the recent defeat of a statewide ban in California.
Bans take effect in January in Brownsville, Texas, and Hawaii’s Kauai and Maui counties. In February, American Samoa’s ban goes into effect.
Plastic bags are already outlawed in San Francisco and other California cities — Malibu, Fairfax and Palo Alto — as well as Westport, Conn.; Bethel, Alaska; and Edmonds, Wash. This month, a ban in North Carolina’s Outer Banks was expanded from large retailers to all stores. Washington, D.C., this year began requiring a nickel fee for each disposable grocery bag.
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