Montgomery County Bans Plastic Bags
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Plastic bagsFOX 5 DC
•'Bring Your Own Bag': Montgomery County bill would ban plastic bags, charge for paper
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Bill would ban plastic carryout bags and place a 10-cent fee on paper bags.
Plastic bags take more than 1,000 years to decompose, according to bill sponsors.
Smaller plastic bags used for produce, for example, would be exempt from the fee.
Shoppers have mixed reactions to the proposal.
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