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Anacostia River Clean Up and Protection Act of
2009

• Effective January 1, 2010, all District retailers
  licensed to sell food or alcohol must charge a
  5 fee for each paper or plastic disposable bag
  provided to customers at the point of sale.

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Exemptions

• Some plastic and paper bags used inside a store
  are exempt from the fee. Examples include bags
  used to
• Package bulk items such as fruit, vegetables,
  nuts, grains, candy, or small hardware items
• Contain or wrap frozen foods, meat, or fish
  whether prepackaged or not
• Contain or wrap flowers, potted plants, or other
  items where dampness may be a problem and
• Contain unwrapped prepared foods or bakery goods.

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Restaurants

• A restaurant with seating will need to charge
  five cents for plastic bags only. Paper bags are
  exempt.
• A restaurant without seating, such as a
  restaurant with a front door and counter only,
  will need to charge for both paper and plastic
  bags.

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Cash Register Receipt

• The retailer must indicate on any customer
  transaction receipt the number of disposable
  carryout bags provided and the total amount of
  fees collected.
• The fees are not subject to the District of
  Columbia sales tax.

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Paper and Plastic Bag Requirements

• 100 Recyclable
• Display the phrase, Please Recycle This Bag or
  a substantially similar phrase in a highly
  visible manner
• Paper bags must contain a minimum of 40
  post-consumer recycled content and
• Disposable plastic bags must be SPI resin
  identification code 2 or 4.

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Where does the money go?
Businesses keep one cent and submit the other
four cents to the Office of Tax and Revenue on a
Sales and Use Tax/Fee Monthly Return Form.
Retail establishments that choose to offer a
Carry-out Bag Credit Program may keep an
additional one cent for a total of two cents of
each five collected. The remaining three or four
cents per bag go into the new Anacostia River
Clean Up and Protection Fund, administered by
DDOE. The fund will pay for stream restoration,
public education and reusable bags for low-income
and senior residents.
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Getting the word out

• Partnership with CVS/pharmacy 12,000
• reusable bags
• DDOE funding an additional 100,000 bags
• Television
• Print
• Transit
• Online green.dc.gov/bags

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Contact information

• Mary Lynn Wilhere
• Business Outreach, Office of the Director
• District Department of the Environment
• Phone [phone]
• Email marylynn.wilhere_at_dc.gov
• Website green.dc.gov

Source helpwildlife.com
Anacostia River
Photo John Wasiutynski, DDOE
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