02 • 20 • 2014
Sonoma County Bag Ban
To reduce single-use plastic pollution via a ban on single-use plastic bags, the Sonoma County Waste Management Agency voted to ban single-use plastic bags and put a fee on paper bags starting March 21, 2014.
Sonoma County voted to Ban Plastic Bags starting March 21, 2014
The ordinance bans the issuance of plastic carryout bags and imposes a 10 cent fee on paper bags. The Board of Directors of the Sonoma County Waste Management Agency, a Joint Powers Authority composed of the Cities of Cloverdale, Cotati, Healdsburg, Petaluma, Rohnert Park, Santa Rosa, Sebastopol, and Sonoma; the Town of Windsor; and the County of Sonoma, voted unanimously on February 20, 2014 to adopt an ordinance to reduce carryout bag waste throughout Sonoma County.