Authors of the new plastic waste report, echoing the first-year report, said after the plastic reduction law roughly 16.5 billion single-use plastic bags and 110 million single-use paper bags were kept out of the waste stream solely in the supermarket sector.

Grocery shopping in Annapolis minus the convenience of plastic bags. Customers we spoke with seem to be okay with it. “I definitely like what it does for the environment,” said Judy Bowen, “I don’t always remember,

Businesses are not allowed to provide plastic bags except for: Packages of multiple bags intended for use for disposition of garbage, food storage, pet waste, or yard waste Raw meat or seafood, or other foods the consistency of which is not conducive to the use of anything other than plastic carryout bags Additionally,