The Mirror US on MSN

Shoppers hit with new checkout fee as 2026 'carryout' law starts in grocery stores

Shoppers now pay 12 cents per plastic carryout bag under a new law aimed at reducing single-use plastics, after a new fee ...
komonews

New year, new plastic bag fee: Why Washington restaurants, retailers will raise the cost

SEATTLE — Starting Jan. 1, 2026, Washington state shoppers will see a 4-cent increase in the price of plastic film carryout bags at restaurants and retailers, raising the minimum cost to 12 cents per ...
The Press of Atlantic City

Ventnor to discuss single-use bag fee

VENTNOR — In an effort to reduce the number of plastic bags that wind up polluting the ocean, members of Downbeach green teams and the Surfrider Foundation South Jersey Chapter want the city to impose ...
FOX13 News on MSN

Here's why plastic bag fees go up in WA in 2026

A slew of new laws are going into effect on January 1 in Washington. One of them is a plastic bag fee increase, but is it working?

Washington lawmakers push competing bills to ban plastic bags, reduce bag fee

Two weeks after the state increased the fee for reusable plastic bags, lawmakers are considering competing legislation that would either reduce the fee and reintroduce thinner, single-use plastic ...