COVID Effects: Bag Bans.

What’s happening? Philadelphia paused its plastic bag ban during lockdown. Maine is postponing its statewide plastic bag ban. The Massachusetts Governor lifted local bans during May 2020 and then reestablished the local bag bans in July 2020.

Why is this important? Plastic bag bans, plastic food containers, styrofoam containers all the local bans, have taken a backseat to the pandemic.

How will this be important? As the new normal becomes clear, these bans will be tweaked, reassessed and new version will emerge.

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