Even with the budget and issues like highway tolls getting most of the legislative attention, environmental wins were big, meaningful and without drama – for a change.
plastic bag ban
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A win on plastic bags for environmentalists; not so on bottles, plastic straws
A 10 cent tax on plastic shopping bags was approved by the Senate Tuesday. The bill also bans plastic bags after 2021.
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Single-use plastic bags would be banned in two years under proposed bill
The amended bill would give retailers an extra year to implement the ban on plastic bags. It would also require paper bags be made of 40 percent recycled content and 100 percent recyclable.