Everett's single-use plastic bag ban starts Monday
EVERETT — Fewer plastic bags will be floating around Everett. At least that’s the goal of a single-use plastic bag ban going into effect Monday.
At check-out, shoppers will instead have to purchase a paper or thicker plastic bag for 5 cents — or bring their own sack, which is what the fee is designed to encourage.
The ban also applies to restaurants and carry-out orders, except for bags used to prevent spillage. Dry cleaning and newspaper sacks will be permitted.
By last week, the Safeway at Rucker Avenue and 41st Street already had run out of the thin plastic bags and had made the switch to paper bags. The store sells reusable bags for a $1 each.
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