When the Virginia General Assembly approved a bill in January 2020 that allowed jurisdictions to impose a 5-cent tax on disposable plastic bags, Fredericksburg City Council member Kerry Devine was
This past week, the city of Roanoke became the first Virginia locality to institute a 5-cent tax on single-use plastic bags at grocery, convenience and drug stores.
By Jeff Sturgeon
The Roanoke Times
ROANOKE â Roanoke has become the first local government in the state to adopt an ordinance taxing disposable plastic shopping bags.
Once the measure takes effect Jan. 1, customers of grocery, convenience and drug stores in the city will owe the merchant a nickel for each plastic bag used to carry out purchases.
Roanoke, already recognized as environmentally conscious for its use of propane and electric vehicles, became the first locality to target single-use bags made from chemicals Monday.
âI think the community is ready for this,â Vice Mayor Trish White-Boyd said before the City Council voted.
Roanoke has become the first local government in Virginia to adopt an ordinance taxing disposable plastic shopping bags.
Once the measure takes effect Jan. 1, patrons of grocery, convenience and drug stores in the city will owe the merchant a nickel for each plastic bag used to carry out purchases.
Roanoke, already recognized as environmentally conscious for its use of propane and electric vehicles, became the first locality to target single-use bags made from chemicals Monday.
âI think the community is ready for this,â Vice Mayor Trish White-Boyd said before the city council voted.
The Virginia General Assembly authorized localities to tax bags last year, but no other locality had done so before Monday night.
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