single-use bags

Save Our Earth--Bring Your Own Bags

Save Our Earth--Bring Your Own Bags

Area Retailers will give away free reusable bags to customers on Saturday, Jan. 6.

Beginning Jan. 1, Oak Park shoppers in many of the larger retail stores will be charged 10 cents for every single-use bag the store provides to carry home their purchases. The new local law, which applies to retail stores of 5,000 or more square feet, is intended to reduce the negative impact single-use bags have on the environment.