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Law Status
Approved
Status Date
Locations
Plastic Summary

A banned bag is a bag made from plastic that is less than 2.25 mils thick or made through a blown-film extrusion process

Paper Summary

Recyclable Paper Bag means a paper bag that meets the following, but not including an Exempted Bag: (a) contains no old growth fiber; (b) contains a minimum of 40% post-consumer recycled content; and (c) displays the word Recyclable orRecycled Content in a highly visible manner and is labeled with the name of the manufacturer and the percentage of post-consumer recycled content of the bag in an easy-to-read font size

Reusable Definition

None given

Paper Bag Id Requirements
Yes
Stores Affected

Retail Establishment means a location where food or other products are offered to the public for direct sale or delivery to a customer, including but not limited to the following: supermarket, convenience store, service station, department store, dollar store, clothing store, restaurant, food truck, farmers’ market or delivery service, but not including drycleaners.

Fees
None
Comply Date
Ordinance
BILL NO. 190610-A

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