The Oregon DEQ sounds pretty stern when it comes to enforcing the new law on checkout bags. But while the City of Albany expects a question or two about this, enforcement sounds pretty much like an issue unlikely to come up.
Paying for bags: The honor system at work
Written January 1st, 2020 by Hasso Hering
On the first day of Oregon’s new law on grocery carry-out bags, the answer is that yes, as I had supposed on Monday, part of it will rely on the honor system.
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Tags: Fred Meyer, North Albany IGA, Oregon law on shopping bags, plastic bag ban
Tags: Fred Meyer, North Albany IGA, Oregon law on shopping bags, plastic bag ban
The new bag law: Getting customers prepared
Written December 10th, 2019 by Hasso Hering
Fred Meyer in Albany, presumably like other stores around the state, has begun telling customers they have only a short time left in the Era of Convenient Shopping.
Plastic bag ban, a boon in disguise?
Written June 11th, 2019 by Hasso Hering
The meddlers in Salem having done what they do, we might as well start stockpiling plastic checkout bags while they’re still available for free.
The coming ban on plastic bags
Written March 15th, 2019 by Hasso Hering
In the interest of reducing plastic pollution on land and sea, the Oregon legislature this year most likely will enact a statewide ban on single-use plastic checkout bags. But just how much pollution this will prevent is unknown.
Kids want plastic bags banned
Written February 28th, 2018 by Hasso Hering
Nothing had been heard lately about banning plastic bags in Albany — until a group of Memorial Middle School students showed up at the city council’s meeting Wednesday night.
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The plastic bag ban after 2 years
Right about now, at the start to yet another year, you’re probably not thinking about Oregon’s two-year-old bag law. But I was, because of the paper bags stacking up. The legislature passed this law in 2019, and it took effect in 2020. It banned so-called single-use plastic bags and required merchants to charge at least […]
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