Plastic bag bans in the United States

There is no national plastic bag fee or ban currently in effect in the United States.

However, the states of California,[1] Colorado,[2] Connecticut,[3] Delaware,[4] Hawaii (de facto), Maine, New Jersey,[5] New York,[6] Oregon,[7] Rhode Island, Vermont[8] and Washington[9] and the territories of American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, United States Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico[10] have banned disposable bags.

[13] A few jurisdictions have chosen to implement a fee-only approach to bag reduction such as Chicago, Washington, D.C. and certain counties and independent cities in Virginia.

[247] Notes Californians voted in November 2016 to approve state legislation banning plastic bags statewide in Propositions 67 and 65.

[364] Over 100 local laws with similar or tougher regulations will remain and supersede the statewide legislation.