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It’s time for Dillon residents and visitors to get their reusable bags ready.
The town of Dillon will push forward with its disposable plastic bag ban next month despite some concerns about how the town’s new regulations will work with statewide fees and bans on the way in the coming years.
In November 2020, Dillon joined Breckenridge, Frisco, Aspen, Steamboat Springs, Telluride and other municipalities across Colorado in taking a stand against single-use plastic bags and other disposable items. Dillon’s ordinance will go into effect Aug. 1 and includes an outright ban on most businesses and restaurants providing disposable plastic bags and polystyrene containers, like Styrofoam, to customers.
On July 6, less than a month before Dillon’s ordinance was set to take effect, Gov. Jared Polis signed House Bill 21-1162into law. Otherwise known as the Plastic Pollution Reduction Act, the law prohibits most retailers and restaurants from providing single-use plastic bags and polystyrene containers beginning Jan. 1, 2024.
The state’s new law will begin to phase out the products over time. Beginning Jan. 1, 2023, stores can provide only recycled paper or single-use plastic bags to customers if they charge a 10-cent fee, or a higher fee if towns decide to implement them.
The new law also stipulates that local governments can enact their own regulations on bags and containers that are as strict or stricter than the state’s after July 1, 2024, though, it’s unclear whether towns and cities are legally able to implement their own bans before then.
