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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.
Starting on Jan. 1, 2020, Oregon retail stores and restaurants can no longer provide single-use checkout bags. They also must, in most instances, charge at least five cents for paper bags (with 40% or more post-consumer recycled content), reusable plastic bags (4 mils thick) and reusable fabric bags although restaurants may still provide paper ...
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.
1 paź 2019 · The state law is designed to reduce plastic pollution and encourage Oregonians to use reusable bags. Under the law, stores and restaurants may no longer offer thin plastic bags at check-out, but may offer recycled paper bags with a minimum 5 cent charge.
By encouraging the switch to reusable or recycled paper 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.
28 sty 2021 · Grocery stores and restaurants are required to follow Oregon’s Single-Use Plastic Bag Ban. Many businesses are being non-compliant due to a variety of reasons including lack of knowledge and lack of enforcement.
