The Berkeley City Council Facilities, Infrastructure, Transportation, Environment and Sustainability Committee met Wednesday to discuss the use of produce bags in grocery stores and promote the use of reusable bags.
Topics addressed during the meeting include bag usage from a store’s produce section, compostable bags and sellers outside of the grocery industry.
In 2014, California legislators passed SB 270, which phased out single-use, carryout plastic bags in stores with specified retail floor space and sales. Even so, stores could still supply thicker bags consisting largely of nonreusable material for 10 cents, according to City Councilmember Kate Harrison. She proposed that the charge be increased to 25 cents.
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