Why environmentalists want Delaware to ban all plastic shopping bags and charge for paper ones Sarah Gamard, Delaware News Journal
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Lawmakers have pledged to further restrict plastic shopping bags in Delaware stores, but some environmental advocates don t think their plans go far enough.
Delaware put a ban on single-use plastic shopping bags at larger stores starting Jan. 1.
It was meant to encourage stores and shoppers to switch to reusable bags in order to curb environmental waste, but many stores have found what critics call a loophole in the law by simply replacing the thin plastic bags with thicker ones, or providing paper bags instead.
Why environmentalists want Delaware to ban all plastic shopping bags and charge for paper ones Sarah Gamard, Delaware News Journal
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Lawmakers have pledged to further restrict plastic shopping bags in Delaware stores, but some environmental advocates don t think their plans go far enough.
Delaware put a ban on single-use plastic shopping bags at larger stores starting Jan. 1.
It was meant to encourage stores and shoppers to switch to reusable bags in order to curb environmental waste, but many stores have found what critics call a loophole in the law by simply replacing the thin plastic bags with thicker ones, or providing paper bags instead.
Plastic bag ban: Delaware stores find loophole. Officials seek crackdown. Sarah Gamard, Delaware News Journal
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Editor s note: A previous version of this story incorrectly stated the allowed thickness of plastic bags in Delaware. Bags can be thicker than 2.25 mils, and Democrats want to introduce a bill to ban bags less than 10 mils.
After banning plastic shopping bags at the start of this year, Delaware lawmakers have pledged to create more restrictions after stores have started to use thicker plastic bags instead of paper or cloth bags as intended.
In 2019, lawmakers put a ban on plastic shopping bags found at checkouts. The measure went into effect Jan. 1 of this year. It was meant to encourage larger stores and shoppers to switch to reusable bags in order to curb environmental waste.