OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — In Olympia, a ban on single-use plastic bags advanced in the state Legislature, the second of a pair of bills on the subject to move past initial hearings.
The bill would ban retail stores statewide from giving out non-compostable single-use plastic bags starting in 2020, and would set requirements for other types of bags including paper and compostable plastic, and require stores to collect a 10-cent charge for each recycled or reusable bag handed out.
The bill is one of a pair of linked measures advancing in the Legislature, both of which have now progressed further than similar proposals in previous years.