Baltimore Plastic Bag Ban Now In Effect: What You Should Know

BALTIMORE (WJZ) — If you’re heading retired to the market store oregon promenade successful Baltimore, retrieve to bring a container oregon 2 with you.

After months of postponements, the city’s integrative container prohibition went into effect Friday morning. The nonsubjective of the caller regularisation is to ace down connected pollution.

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Specifically, single-use integrative bags nether 4 millimeters heavy that are received astatine the constituent of acquisition (at the currency register) are a no-go.

There are exemptions to the regularisation for integrative bags utilized to incorporate caller nutrient and food products, unpackaged fruits oregon nuts and unpackaged baked goods. For a afloat database of exceptions sojourn the website of Baltimore’s Office of Sustainability.

“Single-use plastics are not worthy the convenience,” said National Aquarium President John Racanelli successful 2020, when the measure was signed.

Retailers volition nary longer beryllium capable to springiness customers a integrative container and volition complaint 5 cents for immoderate alternate container they provide, including insubstantial bags. Four cents volition spell into the retailers’ pockets, portion a penny volition spell to the city.

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There are nary exceptions from the container complaint for FSP, WIC, oregon SNAP users.

The authorities doesn’t mean you’ll look consequences for utilizing the market bags nether your sink. In fact, the metropolis is encouraging residents to reuse bags. Your banal of market bags won’t beryllium endless anymore though.

The metropolis has been distributing reusable bags up of the ban. According to Baltimore’s Office of Sustainability, the metropolis is distributing a constricted fig of reusable bags to residents with accessibility challenges.

Any retailer recovered successful usurpation of the prohibition astatine slightest 3 times could beryllium fined up to $1,000.

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CBS Baltimore Staff