{"id":1834,"date":"2015-09-11T10:08:04","date_gmt":"2015-09-11T14:08:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bulletinbag.com\/blog\/?p=1834"},"modified":"2025-05-29T12:50:36","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T16:50:36","slug":"another-city-embraces-reusable-shopping-bags","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bulletinbag.com\/blog\/another-city-embraces-reusable-shopping-bags\/","title":{"rendered":"Another City Embraces Reusable Shopping Bags"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-334\" alt=\"reusable_bag\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bulletinbag.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/reusable_bag-300x163.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"163\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bulletinbag.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/reusable_bag-300x163.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bulletinbag.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/reusable_bag.jpg 409w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>In a follow up to our blog last month about a proposed plastic bag ordinance (<a title=\"Custom Reusable Bags are Here to Stay\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bulletinbag.com\/blog\/custom-reusable-bags-are-here-to-stay\/\">read it here<\/a>), this week, South Portland City Council approved a 5-cent plastic and paper bag fee and a ban on polystyrene packaging.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>South Portland is set to be the second Maine city to charge for plastic bags. They\u2019re not alone, though, as more than 150 cities and towns nationwide have embraced reusable shopping bags. More than 100 have banned polystyrene.<\/p>\n<p>Retailers will keep the 5-cent fee levied on all paper and plastic bags.<\/p>\n<p>Way to go, South Portland!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a follow up to our blog last month about a proposed plastic bag ordinance (read it here), this week, South Portland City Council approved a 5-cent plastic and paper bag fee and a ban on polystyrene packaging.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[27],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Another City Embraces Reusable Shopping Bags | Bulletin Bag [.com]<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"South Portland City Council approved a plastic and paper bag fee and ban on polystyrene--becoming the 2nd city in Maine to embrace 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