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Connecticut Moves Step Closer To Ban On Plastic Bags, Takeout Containers, Straws Connecticut Moves Step Closer To Ban On Plastic Bags, Takeout Containers, Straws
Connecticut Moves Step Closer To Ban On Plastic Bags, Takeout Containers, Straws With more and more municipalities in Connecticut banning single-use plastic bags, the state is taking measures to make those measures further reaching. The legislature’s Environment Committee voted 24-4 for a bipartisan bill that would ban the sale of single-use plastic bags, straws and take-out containers as soon as 2020. The proposed legislation would require stores use 100 percent recyclable paper bags that contain no less than 40 percent recycled materials. The bill will now go to the Senate for a vote. Under the proposed law, stores that fail to comply will be issued a warning for a f…