Chicopee City Council discusses plastic bag ban

CHICOPEE, Mass. (WGGB/WSHM) - The Chicopee City Council met on Tuesday evening.

One of the topics being discussed, getting rid of plastic check-out bags that would include all plastic carryout bags provided by a store to a customer at the point of sale.

If the bill passes, no retail store within the city, including restaurants, convenience stores, or supermarkets can provide plastic bags to customers.

”I got phone calls pictures emails, about trash in peoples yards its gross and its not a good look for the city, explained City Councilor Samuel Shumsky. “Other surrounding communities, states cities, they’ve all implemented similar bans and this is not always a first resort but as time has gone by the problem has persisted and not gotten better.”

If the bill does pass, it won’t take effect until late October.