Plastic bag ban hearing set to happen in Salisbury Monday night

SALISBURY, Md. – Salisbury will soon do away with plastic bags as the city considers a potential ban.

47 ABC spoke with the city council who says this will be beneficial to the environment. Plastic bags do not disintegrate and are often left in waterways or you’ll see them flying on bushes. To help this ban go into effect, there would be a 10-cent surcharge on bags if it goes into effect in July 2023.

This is a measure that the Salisbury City Council president says is long overdue. “I think this will certainly take care of one of the problems we have in the city regarding intrusion into the environment so I’m looking forward to it and I think the council is too, there was a very positive reaction from it,” says Jack Heath, Salisbury City Council President.

The Salisbury City Council President says he believes this legislation will pass as they have already received support. The ordinance will be mentioned for the first time at the upcoming council meeting set to happen on Monday. Two weeks after that, the second reading would take place, then this would go into law.