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Montgomery County adopts plastic bag ban, doubles tax on paper bags

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The Montgomery County Council adopted a ban on plastic shopping bags at most stores and doubled the tax on paper bags to 10 cents .

The changes in the county’s bag policy, which take effect next January , are meant to eliminate plastic pollution and encourage residents to bring their own reusable bags.

The new law will overhaul a policy that went into effect in 2012 , which allowed the county to collect a portion of the 5-cent fees imposed on plastic and paper bags.

The poll was conducted by telephone Jan. 24-28 by The Post and the University of Maryland’s Center for Democracy and Civic Engagement among 1,002 registered Maryland voters randomly sampled from a statewide voter database. Results among the 202 Montgomery County voters have an error margin of plus or minus 7.5 points..

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