A month of Chicago’s Bag Tax

On the 1st February Chicago introduced a tax of 7 cents per bag for Single Use Bags - both Paper and Plastic.

To create community awareness of the tax Chicago’s Mayor distributed 25,000 ChiBags via major retailers Jewel-Osco, Mariano’s, Target and Whole Foods.

Across the country various communities are ding their bit :

• Cities/Counties with Plastic Bag Fees :
• Boulder, Colo.
• Brownsville, Texas
• Montgomery County, Md.
• New York, N.Y.
• Portland, Maine
• Washington D.C.

• Cities with Plastic Bag Bans
• Austin
• Cambridge, Mass.
• Chicago
• Los Angeles
• San Francisco
• Seattle

It might not seem to much, but every little bit helps.