Goodbye 2020, and goodbye plastic bags. Single use plastic bags will now be a rare sight in Delaware.
Restaurants are not subject to the ban, nor are small stores with one or two locations.
The ban aims to reduce beach and roadside litter, save landfill space, increase recycling efforts and help recycling facilities from having to shut down when plastic bags get stuck in machinery.
“Everything is convenience. We are busy people, we do everything based on ‘what is the fastest, best way for me to do it. And sometimes that’s not always the best for the environment. If we want to leave something good behind for our kids, we have to start rethinking how we do these things. So bags are one of the first ways we can do this,” explained Adam Schlachter, program manager of the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control’s Pollution Prevention Program.
