Evanston businesses no longer providing plastic shopping bags
EVANSTON, Ill. - Evanston businesses will no longer provide plastic shopping bags starting Tuesday due to a new ban.
City and Cook County leaders handed out insulated reusable grocery bags Monday to help people be prepared.
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The new plastic bag ban prohibits stores and restaurants from providing single-use, point-of-sale plastic shopping bags.
The ordinance will also impose a 10-cent charge on paper grocery bags.
The City Council adopted the ordinance back in May.