A new study shows that 80 percent of residents now use fewer plastic bags since the law was enacted in 2010.

Montgomery County shoppers are more likely to pay five cents for a plastic bag than they are to bring their own bags, according to county officials.

D.C. saw revenue from the five-cent bag tax drop in 2012, but don’t worry—that’s a good thing.

Some people insist that D.C.’s five-cent bag fee is an abject failure that will drag down the city’s economy. We respond to some of their claims.

A few weeks after it seemed doomed to failure, a five-cent bag fee for Prince George’s County passed a key Maryland House Committee this morning and could well become law later this year.

Despite a unanimous vote in support of a five-cent bag fee in the Prince George’s County Council this week, a Maryland State House committee voted the proposal down yesterday.

Prince George’s County is considering imposing its own five-cent fee on plastic bags.

In the run-up to the start of the District’s 5-cent disposable bag fee, city leaders put out the word to area grocery stores and other retailers and organizations that they needed donations of free reusable bags. D.C.’s poorest residents would need help getting their hands on bags that they can reuse, which often cost $1 or more to purchase. Businesses responded to the call for bag donations in a variety of ways. Giant Food…

Much like the now three-year-old ban on smoking in District bars and restaurants, the five-cent disposable bag fee that took effect in January garnered initial controversy, but is already on its way to being just another part of living in the city. But how effective has the fee been? Very, it seems. According to a press release from the office of bag fee champion Tommy Wells (D-Ward 6), a report from the D.C. Office…

With the State of the Union address looming, it means we’re nearly a month into the new year, and nearly a month into paying the District’s new 5 cent disposable bag fee. Regardless of where you fall on the topic along the libertarian-outrage-to-environmental-nut scale, it’s been a confusing month for retailers and consumers alike. Even the Wall Street Journal highlighted the confusion. Just as one example, last night, a market I went to informed…