SCH Number 2012042047

Project Info

Title

Single-Use Bag Reduction Ordinance

Description

The project consists of an ordinance to add Chapter 6.49 to the City of Santa Cruz Municipal Code to reduce single-use plastic and paper carryout bag, to encourage the use of reusable bags by consumers and retailers, and to reduce the consumption of single-use bags in general. The project would ban the use of single use plastic carryout bags by any retail establishment (with specified exceptions), require that all paper carryout bags have a minimum of 40% post-consumer recycled content, require retail establishments to impose a 10-cent charge for each single-use paper carryout bag provided to customers at the point of sale, and encourage retail establishments to make reusable bags available for sale to customers at a reasonable price.

2 documents in project