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1/10/2008
Bag Recycling Law Passed In New York City
Under a new law, at least 2,000 stores across the city will be required to set up in-store recycling for plastic bags. The legislation, passed yesterday by the City Council, covers stores with at least 5,000 square feet and chain stores with five or more locations.
The affected stores will have to offer cloth or reusable plastic bags to customers, set up recycling drop offs for the disposable plastic bags in each store and print information onto those bags about how to recycle them. The stores must bring the bags to recycling centers themselves; the Sanitation Department is not involved.
Fines for non-compliance range from $300 to $1,500 per day.
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