City Of Alexandria: Plastic Bag Tax Takes Effect January 1 In City Of Alexandria, Arlington County And Fairfax County

Press release from the City of Alexandria:

Dec 27, 2021 at 4:04 PM

Beginning January 1, 2022, a five-cent tax on single-use disposable plastic bags will go into effect for grocery stores, convenience stores and drug stores in the City of Alexandria, Arlington County and Fairfax County. The Alexandria City Council, Arlington County Board and Fairfax County Board of Supervisors
adopted a plastic bag tax in September 2021 as a step to reduce the negative environmental impacts of single-use plastic bags.

To support the transition, the jurisdictions have been working closely with the Northern Virginia Regional Waste Management Board to align outreach, education, timelines and common language for the localities to ensure consistency and clarity. A
regional informational website contains answers to frequently asked questions and multilingual outreach materials for retailers. Over the past few months, reusable bags have also been distributed, along with information about the plastic bag tax, to recipients of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and Women, Infants and Children (WIC) benefits.

Collected taxes may be used for environmental cleanup; providing educational programs designed to reduce environmental waste, mitigating pollution and litter; or for providing reusable bags to SNAP or WIC benefit recipients.

Visit the Regional Plastic Bag Tax website for more information.

City of AlexandriaKelly Gilfillen

kelly.gilfillen@alexandriava.gov

571.208.9001

County of ArlingtonJessica Baxter

jebaxter@arlingtonva.us
571.289.2677

County of FairfaxAline Althen

aline.althen@fairfaxcounty.gov
571.373.1722

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This news release is available at alexandriava.gov/125558

This press release was produced by the City of Alexandria. The views expressed here are the author’s own.