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By Sept. 15, 2024, grocers must provide DEQ with information on collection of bag fees and customers’ usage of recycled paper, reusable fabric and reusable plastic checkout bags. DEQ must submit a report about this information to the legislature by Sept. 15, 2025.
- Updated Bag Guidance
HB 2509 was enacted during the 2019 legislative session. The...
- Updated Bag Guidance
HB 2509 was enacted during the 2019 legislative session. The bill prohibits restaurants and retail establishments, including grocery stores, from using single use plastic bags and requires retail establishments to charge a minimum of five cents for paper bags and reusable bags.
By Sept. 15, 2024, retail stores that primarily sell groceries must provide the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) with information on: the collection of bag fees, and (1) (2) customer usage of recycled paper, reusable plastic, and reusable fabric bags.
Oregon can reduce the amounts of single-use bags that are used and thrown out, while addressing a significant problem for Oregon’s recycling programs: plastic bags.
For grocery stores, yes, there is a reporting requirement mandated by the State of Oregon that involves collecting data related to (a) collection of the bag fee and (b) customers’ use of paper, fabric, and reusable plastic bags.
House Bill (HB) 2509, passed in the 2019 Oregon legislative session, prohibits retail stores and restaurants from providing single-use checkout bags to customers, and places restrictions on other checkout bags they may provide. The ban went into effect on January 1, 2020.
10 maj 2023 · State lawmakers passed a plastic bag ban that went into effect Jan. 1, 2020, prohibiting stores and restaurants from providing single-use plastic bags and instead offering paper bags or thicker, reusable plastic bags at a cost of at least 5 cents per bag to customers.
