Plastic Bags Could Be Outlawed In Colorado By Next Year Under Proposed Bill

Denver CO

12 March, 2021

4:06 PM

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CBS Denver March 11, 2021 DENVER (CBS4) – Plastic bags and Styrofoam are ubiquitous at grocery stores and restaurants, but their days may be numbered in Colorado. Under a bill by State Reps. Alex Valdez and Lisa Cutter, you would have to pay at least ten cents for a single-use plastic bag or even a recycled paper bag starting next September no matter where you shop in Colorado. By the following September, stores could only sell the paper bags. The bill would also ban Styrofoam by next January. The Styrofoam ban would be phased-in at schools by 2024. Read more at CBS Denver