Austin, TX May Ban Plastic Bags In 2013, Not 2016
January 11, 2012 | 1 min to read
The City of Austin might ban disposable plastic and paper bags at checkout counters three years earlier than originally planned.
A revised draft of the ban, released Friday, moves up the date the ban would take effect to January 2013 from January 2016 .
The new draft would require retailers to charge customers 10 cents per disposable bag — paper or plastic — from June to late December, as a precursor to the outright ban. Under the old draft, retailers would have had to charge 25 cents per disposable bag from January 2013 to late 2015 .
A city commission will discuss the revised draft Wednesday. Austin Resource Recovery, the city department that wrote both ban drafts and oversees trash and recycling, also plans to hold a public meeting Jan. 23 to gather feedback.
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