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Roanoke has become the first local government in Virginia to adopt an ordinance taxing disposable plastic shopping bags. Once the measure takes effect Jan. 1, patrons of grocery, convenience and drug stores in the city will owe the merchant a nickel for each plastic bag used to carry out purchases. Roanoke, already recognized as environmentally conscious for its use of propane and electric vehicles, became the first locality to target single-use bags made from chemicals Monday. “I think the community is ready for this,” Vice Mayor Trish White-Boyd said before the city council voted. The Virginia General Assembly authorized localities to tax bags last year, but no other locality had done so before Monday night.

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