West Contra Costa County Single-Use Carryout Bag Reduction Ordinance

West Contra Costa County Single-Use Carryout Bag Reduction Ordinance

RecycleMore is proposing to draft a model ordinance to be used by its Member Agencies for the purpose of regulating the distribution of single-use carryout bags at the point of sale in West Contra Costa County. The proposed ordinance would prohibit the free distribution of single-use carryout paper and plastic bags at the point of sale (i.e., check-out) for all retail establishments except restaurants and nonprofit charitable reuse organizations. An exception to the ban on single-use bags would be made for paper bags containing at least 40 percent recycled content, as long as the retail establishment charges at least five cents for each bag.

Contra Costa

Other (Ordiance)

Ordinance

Aesthetics, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cumulative Effects, Hydrology/Water Quality, Solid Waste, GHG

California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Bay Delta Region 3 (CDFW), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, District 4 (DOT), California Highway Patrol, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Sacramento Region 5 (RWQCB), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, San Francisco Bay Region 2 (RWQCB), Delta Protection Commission, Delta Stewardship Council, Department of Water Resources, Resources Agency, Resources, Recycling and Recovery