A Prince George’s County Council member says some businesses are wrongly charging the new bag fee at drive-through windows and some are charging more than.
Prince George's County's plastic bag ban and paper bag fee fail to include exemption for SNAP and WIC users, sparking tensions between environmentalists and economic justice activists.
The Prince George’s County, Maryland, council has voted in favor of the Better Bag Bill, which will ban plastic bags and add a 10-cent fee for each paper bag used at retail stores across the county.