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What you need to know about the City’s plastic bag ban

South Kensington Community Partners

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Bria Spivey, Department of Commerce, Office of Sustainability, Office of the Mayor

August 1, 2021 - Retail establishments are required to have posted at all points of sale conspicuous signage informing customers that single-use plastic bags and non-recycled content paper bags will no longer be provided by the establishment as of October 1, 2021.

Details here.

City Of Philadelphia: What You Need To Know About The City's Plastic Bag Ban

South Kensington Community Partners

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Bria Spivey, Patch.com

The Single-use Plastic Bag Ban was originally passed by City Council in December 2019 and will be implemented beginning July 1, 2021. To assist businesses through this transition, the City is providing a variety of resources, all of which are available on a new webpage at phila.gov/plastic-bag-ban.
Resources available include signage—in multiple languages—that businesses can download, print, and hang at points of sale as well as a flyer that answers frequently asked questions about the ban.
Though the ban will be implemented beginning July 1, there will be a nine-month awareness, education, and warning period before full enforcement begins in order to provide businesses time to prepare and comply with the law.

Read here.