Plastic Bag Ban

Guess who the paper bag tax caught off guard? The business owners that are supposed to collect it.

Bring Your Bag wants Chicagoans to pay 10 cents per bag if they don't use reusable bags at stores.

Jewel-Osco cashiers ask their customers one question that's helping reduce plastic bag use.

Starting Jan. 1, recycleables must be placed loose in blue carts, Streets & Sanitation announced.

As the partial plastic bag ban took effect Aug. 1, some chains put the word "reusable" to the test.

As chains moved to skirt the new city ban, Ald. George Cardenas said, "It's time to get more severe."

Ald. John Arena (45th) created the bag dispenser after protesting the demolition of a JeffPark street.

After two years, the City Council approved a partial ban on plastic shopping bags.

Ald. Joe Moreno's ordinance will leave "mom-and-pop" retailers exempt.

Ald. George Cardenas put off a vote on Ald. Joe Moreno's proposed bag ban until next week.

Ald. Joe Moreno welcomed the support, but added he wouldn't allow his ordinance to be stalled.

The mayor said he supports a proposed ban on the bags but said he still wants to work out the details.

Health Committee Chairman George Cardenas promised a mid-April vote on Ald. Joe Moreno's bag ban.