Between 2015 and 2016, 23 states proposed bills to regulate plastic bags in retail settings, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. And last year, California voted in a statewide referendum to enact its plastic bag ban, marking the first statewide ban in the country.
Now, Boston is moving the dial on waste reduction by passing a law banning single-use bags in retail settings. The city is the 60th community within the state to pass a plastic bag ban.
