Committee advances bag fee and single‑use plastic ban with multiple clarifying amendments
The Transportation and Environment Committee advanced Bill 24‑24 to ban single‑use plastic carryout bags and raise the paper bag charge to $0.10, adopting several clarifying amendments and asking DEP for further implementation and outreach plans.
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The Transportation and Environment Committee advanced Bill 24‑24, a proposal to prohibit single‑use plastic carryout bags in Montgomery County and to increase the paper bag fee to $0.10, adopting a set of clarifying amendments and directing further work before full council.
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