Plastic and paper bag fees begin in 2023

Effective January 1, 2023 the State of Colorado has mandated that most major retail businesses are required to charge a 10 cent bag fee for each single-use plastic and paper bag used at checkout.

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What businesses are included in the single-use bag fee?

• Grocery stores and supermarkets
• Major retailers
• Major convenience stores
• Clothing stores
• Hardware stores
• Other stores that are a franchise or a chain located outside of Colorado
• Other major stores that include self-checkout and delivery services
• Major liquor stores

Exemptions from the single-use bag fee

• Customers that provide evidence to the store that they are a participant in a federal or state food assistance program.
• Farmers markets
• Laundry or dry cleaning services
• Bulk stores
• Smaller businesses with three or fewer locations
• Pharmacies
• Bags used by consumers inside the store for items like produce, bulk items, candy, small hardware items, meat, bakery or floral items.
• Restaurants are exempt from the single-use bag fee however they will be prohibited from distributing polystyrene foam containers beginning in 2024.

Where will the bag fee money go?

• Businesses retain 40% of the fee to cover the cost of administration and compliance
• Evans receives 60% of the fee which will be deposited into the City’s Refuse Collection Fund, and used to offset expenses incurred to provide trash collection and recycling services to the residents of Evans.
• The single-use bag fee is not a tax
• The 10-cent bag fee is not subject to Colorado or City of Evans sales tax For more information on this mandate please reference the Colorado HB21-1162 or the Colorado Department of Revenue. For additional resources, you can reference the business guide put together by Eco-cycle.

For more information on this mandate please reference the Colorado HB21-1162 or the Colorado Department of Revenue. For additional resources, you can reference the business guide put together by Eco-cycle.