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Plastic Bags Could Be Outlawed In Colorado By Next Year Under Proposed Bill
The bill would also ban Styrofoam by next January.
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.
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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.
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