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03.06.2020 Environment

Enforcement of statewide plastic bag ban delayed one more month

Enforcement of New York’s plastic bag ban, which took effect Sunday, has been pushed off one month after an eleventh-hour lawsuit was filed challenging the legislation. The lawsuit, filed...

12.20.2017 Business

Suffolk County bag law takes effect Jan. 1

It’s not the outright ban on plastic bags that some officials had sought in the past, but come Jan. 1, a bill that Suffolk County passed in 2016 will...

09.08.2016 Business

Shoppers, lawmakers offer mixed bag of opinions on 5-cent charge

A new Suffolk County law requiring retailers to charge 5 cents for each paper or plastic bag they provide to shoppers has local residents and lawmakers offering up a...

05.20.2016 Editorials

Editorial: It’s time for a ban on plastic bags in Suffolk

Suffolk County legislators were considering pulling the trigger on a single-use plastic bag ban. But then, at a May 5 meeting in Riverhead, they stepped back to reload.

05.05.2016 News

Suffolk lawmakers delay taking action on plastic bag ban — again

Suffolk County residents hopeful for a decision regarding a proposed ban on single-use plastic bags at retail stores across the county will have to keep waiting.

04.12.2016 Columns

Suffolk Closeup: Legislature moves to ban the bag

There could soon be a vote by the Suffolk County Legislature on a bill to ban the distribution of single-use plastic bags county-wide.

03.02.2016 Government

Suffolk County may ban single-use plastic bags

The debate over whether Riverhead and Southold towns should ban single-use plastic bags may soon be over.

10.15.2015 Editorials

Editorial: Suffolk County needs to discuss plastic bag ban

In the years since the Suffolk County Legislature last discussed, then dropped, the idea of banning single-use plastic bags, here are some things legislators have chosen to take action...

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