Boulder to institute 10-cent bag fee for paper/plastic- aka Boulder= full retard

[Ronin13]

That's right, Boulder just went full retard. They're enacting a 10-cent fee for paper and plastic at grocery stores within the limits of Boulder- so byob or pay the fee... my question is, is it 10 cents per bag, or per trip?

BOULDER - Grocery shoppers in Boulder will have to pay a 10-cent fee on paper and plastic bags starting Monday under an ordinance approved by the City Council.The City Council voted 7-0 to approve the measure on a fourth reading in November 2012.
The fee will apply to paper and plastic bags at food retailers, including grocery stores, convenience stores and Target. Gas station stores will be exempt if food sales are less than 2 percent of their business.
Retailers will keep 4 cents of the fee to cover their costs of administering the program. The city plans to use the rest of the money to pay for outreach about reusable bags and to distribute free reusable bags to low-income residents. http://www.9news.com/news/story.aspx?storyid=343015

[kawiracer14]

In most places I have been to that have this law, it's the price per bag, not per transaction.

[Zundfolge]

May Staphylococcus Aureus be the hand of Darwin in Boulder. <this is a link you can click on

[hatidua]

That's right, Boulder just went full retard.

It's been this way for years now but instead of calling it a 'bag fee', you were given a 'bag credit' if you brought your own. It monetarily works out the same way but now has a new name.

Now I need to figure out where to get my doggy pick-up bags....

[RblDiver]

I recall a study a few months back saying that reusable grocery bags had higher probability of being contaminated with ecoli and other bacteria. Clearly Boulder is trying to get their people sick! :P

[sellersm]

I recall a study a few months back saying that reusable grocery bags had higher probability of being contaminated with ecoli and other bacteria. Clearly Boulder is trying to get their people sick! :P

You mean like the link in post #3 above? They'll blame it on the cantaloupe or meat or lettuce or something else...

[The Norseman]

Durango is desperately trying to head in this same direction

[colorider]

If the idiots at the stores would put more then 2-3 items in each bag, there wouldn't be such a litter problem. The way they bag groceries these days is absurd.

[Madeinhb]

Lots of cities around country do this.

[Sawin]

Yep, lots now and lots more to come. San Francisco had this when I was there last week. It's $0.10 per bag, per transaction.... get 10 bags of groceries and you pay an extra buck straight to the city. Want your milk double bagged, you just spent an extra $0.20...