This applies to grocery stores and restaurants who have more than 3 locations, and will eliminate the use of styrofoam to-go containers as well. 4 cents goes back to the business, 6 cents to the city/county.
Holly Pummell, Senior Sustainability Specialist for the City of Fort Collins, said since her city started a bag fee in May, they've already seen a reduction in the use of disposable bags by about 85%.
“We have an estimate that Colorado goes through about 4.6 million single use plastic bags a day, and those plastic bags are going to take hundreds of years to break down if they ever will,” Danny Katz, head of progressive public interest group CoPIRG, said.
Katz said by imposing a bag fee for a year, before banning single-use plastic bags in 2024, the state is working to get people used to the routine of bringing their own reusable bags.
"Now, more than ever, the illusions of division threaten our very existence. We all know the truth: more connects us than separates us. But in times of crisis the wise build bridges, while the foolish build barriers. We must find a way to look after one another as if we were one single tribe.” -King T'Challa, Black Panther
The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it. ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is. ~Winston Churchill
