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Tompkins legislators approve 5 cent paper bag fee, effective March 2020

by Kelsey O'Connor November 20, 2019November 22, 2019

TOMPKINS COUNTY, N.Y. — Tompkins County Legislature has approved a local 5-cent paper bag fee that will go into effect at the same time as New York’s waste reduction law banning plastic bags on March 1, 2020. Legislators unanimously adopted the local law Tuesday. The fee is meant to reduce the amount of paper bags in the […]

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