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Plastic bag ban? With Pa. legislative inaction, cities may move to trash bags as preemption nears end


Plastic bag ban? With Pa. legislative inaction, cities may move to trash bags as preemption nears end
Lindsay Weber
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Philadelphia’s citywide plastic bag ban will go into effect in August 2021, but it will not be fully enforced and implemented until April 2022.
HARRISBURG Cities and townships hoping to ban plastic bags within their borders may finally have the legal authority to do so in Pennsylvania.
When the Republican-controlled legislature passed the state budget last week, it didn’t renew a statewide preemption on single-use plastics, opening the door for cities and municipalities to approve new prohibitions or enforce existing bans. ....

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Philadelphia And Pittsburgh Move Ahead With Plastic Bag Bans As Pennsylvania's Preemption Nears End


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HARRISBURG Cities and townships hoping to ban plastic bags within their borders may finally have the legal authority to do so in Pennsylvania.
When the Republican-controlled legislature passed the state budget last week, it didn’t renew a statewide preemption on single-use plastics, opening the door for cities and municipalities to approve new prohibitions or enforce existing bans.
Officials and activists from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh hailed the decision as a win for curbing the environmental impact of plastic. Philadelphia and some of its surrounding townships had filed suit to challenge the state’s preemption, asserting it was unconstitutionally slipped into a budget-related bill. ....

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