Plastic taxes

Federal Plastics Tax Is Not a Good Revenue Raiser

One of the Senate’s proposals to pay for the Build Back Better Act is a federal excise tax on virgin plastics, which are plastics that are not reprocessed or recovered.

Tracking State Legislative Responses to COVID-19

Many states are racing to pass budgets, emergency COVID-19 supplemental appropriations, and other must-pass legislation as quickly as possible. We’re tracking the latest state legislative responses to the coronavirus crisis.

D.C. Bag Tax Leads to Fewer Bags, or Not?

Baltimore Considers Higher Excise Tax on Bottles

New Developments in the Wave of Bag Bans and Charges

Bag Fees and Bag Bans in San Francisco: Assessing the Arguments

Virginia Legislators Say No to Grocery Bag Tax

Virginia Legislators to Consider 20-Cent Bag Tax

D.C. Bag Tax Raises $2 Million; Short of Projection

New DC Charge on Plastic Bags is a Tax