9 States That Banned Plastic Bags or Likely to Ban in the Next 5 Years

2. California

California passed the law banning plastic bags a few years ago in 2016, but only for large retailers, while maintaining a 10 cent charge for paper bags; even then, there were over a 100 local laws in several cities and towns already banning plastic bags. The legislation allowed these earlier local laws to supersede the state legislation, meaning that these local laws, many of which were often more stringent that the state legislation, were given precedence.

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