亚利桑那州已成为该国第一个禁止对塑料袋和其他容器禁止税收或禁止税收的州。

Republican Governor Douglas Ducey on April 13 signed legislation forbidding any Arizona company from regulating the “sale, use or disposition of auxiliary containers,” including single-use plastic bags, foam containers, boxes, cans, and bottles, according to an article in塑料新闻。

Other communities around the country are requiring stores to charge shoppers extra for using single-use bags, or prohibiting some types of containers altogether, as a way of cutting down on the amount of plastic waste that finds its way into the environment.

但是在亚利桑那州，亚利桑那州零售商协会和亚利桑那州食品营销联盟是共和党人代表沃伦·彼得森（Warren Petersen）的立法努力，共和党人，以使这种控制措施是非法的。塑料新闻企业团体说：“辩称，塑料袋法律制定了一系列不匹配的法规，以增加商店的成本并使客户感到困惑。”

只有一个亚利桑那城市比斯比（Bisbee）批准了禁止一次性袋子的禁令，但其他几个社区正在考虑彻底的禁令或费用。比斯比（Bisbee）的地标规则在2014年地球日生效，现已推翻。

No energy reporting, either

该法案还将禁止地方政府机构要求企业报告其能源使用，亚利桑那共和国在其网站上报告。

凤凰城一直在考虑一项计划，要求大型商业建筑的所有者报告他们使用了多少能量，共和国said. “Energy benchmarking” helps save money by creating a database where building owners can compare energy consumption of similarly sized buildings in order to make changes for greater efficiency.

纽约，芝加哥和费城已经制定了该计划，但凤凰城在企业主抱怨之后退缩了，不反对该法案。

亚利桑那塞拉俱乐部分会的董事桑迪·巴尔（Sandy Bahr）告诉报纸：“并不失望，愤怒。”“这不是可确定的账单。它消除了实施节能和减少废物措施的能力。”

禁令在其他地方也不受欢迎

亚利桑那州并不是唯一试图为单用袋子收取额外费用或禁酒袋的地方。

California had been poised to become the first state in the country to ban single-use plastic bags until a trade group gathered enough petition signatures to put the measure on a statewide ballot next year,赫芬顿邮报reported in February.

一个称为美国进步行李联盟的小组提交了足够的签名，以迫使全州投票推翻计划于今年夏天生效的禁令。甚至还有website called Bag the Bandevoted to stopping bag bans around the country.

In addition to prohibiting the plastic sacks, the California law also would have required grocery stores to charge at least 10 cents for each recycled paper bag or reusable bag given to shoppers. The measure was signed into law by Governor Jerry Brown, a Democrat, last September, and also included $2 million to help bag manufacturers switch over to making reusable bags.

塑料袋行业表示，该禁令只是加利福尼亚杂货商协会赚更多钱的一种方式，但环保主义者认为选民将保留该禁令。

但是，数字很大。仅在圣地亚哥，每年就会分发大约5亿个单利塑料袋a report by Equinox Center，其中大多数最终都进入了该市的垃圾填埋场。该市每年花费16万美元清理塑料袋垃圾。