Suffolk County LI charges a nickel for plastic or paper. Neighboring Nassau does not...but I read they are thinking about it. I shop in both counties.
I become incensed whenever I shop in Suffolk. I tend to limit my purchases bc now it becomes annoying to pay the nickel. I see people leaving stores holding bread and cold cuts in their arms. Shopping for Easter dinner added a dollar plus to my bill. Sounds trivial, but it is like an added tax, and btw no one yet even knows where all these nickels are going.
Why there isn’t an uproar perplexes me.
The Suffolk County nickel stays with the store. The county medicated that the tax be charged for the bag, but there’s no proviso with what to do with the money. So it just goes into the store’s bank account.
YAY Government!