BYOCT Towns with PLastic waste reduction Ordinances
Westport
Westport
Westport
Plastic Packaging Ordinance
Final SU Plastic Food Service Products Ordinance
Passed May 7, 2019
Effective November 7, 2019
Plastic Bag Ban
2.5mils / No Fee
Passed October 2008
Effective April 2009
Norwalk
Westport
Westport
Plastic Straw & Polystyrene Ordinances
Final SU Plastic Straw & Stirrer Ordinance
Passed September 2019
Effective April 20, 2020
Polystyrene Ban
Passed September 2019
Effective April 22, 2020
Plastic Bag Ban
12mils / 10cent fee
Passed January 8, 2019
Effective July 8, 2019
Stamford
Westport
Middletown
Plastic Straw & Polystyrene Ordinances
Final SU Plastic Straw & Stirrer Ordinance
Passed March 23, 2020
Effective June 23, 2020
Polystyrene Ban
Passed October 5, 2020
Effective April 20, 2021
Plastic Bag Ban
12mils / 10cent fee
Passed October 1, 2018
Effective May 1, 2019
Middletown
Middletown
Middletown
EPR Resolution
Passed January 2022
Plastic Bag Ban
All / No Fee
Passed April 1, 2019
Effective October 1, 2019
Groton
Middletown
Greenwich
Plastic Bag, Straw & Polystyrene Ordinance
4 mils / No fee
Final SU Plastic & Polystyrene Ordinance #293
Passed January 12, 2020
Effective June 20, 2020
Greenwich
Middletown
Greenwich
Plastic Bag Ban
12mils / No fee
Passed March 12, 2018
Effective September 12, 2019
Weston
Washington
Washington
Plastic Bag Ban
4mils / 10cent fee
Passed October 4, 2018
Effective January 4, 2009
Washington
Washington
Washington
Plastic Bag Ban
12mils / No fee
Final Bag Ordinance
New Canaan
New Canaan
New Canaan
Plastic Bag Ban /12mils/ 10cent fee
Passed January 24, 2019
Effective May 24, 2019
Hamden
New Canaan
New Canaan
ALL Plastic Bags Ban / No Fee & Straw Ban
Final Bag Ordinance & Single Use Straw Restriction
Passed February 14, 2019
Effective September 14, 2019
Fairfield
New Canaan
Fairfield
Plastic Bag Ban / 12mils / No fee
Passed May 28, 2019
Effective February 28, 2020
Guilford
Guilford
Fairfield
Plastic Bag Ban /12mils/ 10cent fee
Passed June 3, 2019
Effective January 3, 2020
Newtown
Guilford
Newtown
Plastic Bag Ban /12 mils/10cent fee
Passed June 5, 2019
Effective October 28, 2019
Darien
Glastonbury
Glastonbury
Plastic Bag Ban /12mils/ 10cent fee
Passed June 11, 2019
Effective January 1, 2020 - stores over 10,000 square feet
Effective January 1, 2021 - all stores under 10,000 square feet (charging 10cent fee on paper, optional)
Glastonbury
Glastonbury
Glastonbury
Plastic Bag Ban / 6mils / No Fee
Passed June 12, 2019
Effective January 1, 2020
Branford
Glastonbury
Branford
Madison
Madison
Branford
Plastic Bag Ban / ALL / 10cent Fee
Passed September 9, 2019
Effective January 1, 2020
Blueprint for Passing an Ordinance
Madison
BYOCT Towns working on Ordinances
Bloomfield
Bloomfield
Bloomfield
New Haven
Bloomfield
Bloomfield
Trumbull
Bloomfield
Trumbull
Wilton
Wilton
Trumbull
Wilton
Wilton
State Bag Tax/Ban & additional CT Towns with Ordinances
Mansfield
New Britain
New Britain
ALL Plastic Bags Ban/ No fee
Passed February 11, 2019
Effective September 13, 2019
New Britain
New Britain
New Britain
Plastic Bag Ban / 12mils / 10cent fee
Passed February 25, 2019
Effective August 25, 2019
State of CT
New Britain
State of CT
Plastic Bag 10cent Tax / 4mils
Starts August 1, 2019
Statewide Ban on ALL Plastic Bags
Starts July 1, 2021
ALL Municipalities allowed to pass/keep stricter ordinances
ALL Municipalities allowed to put fee on paper bags
§ 355 - Plastic Single-Use Bags
starts page 175
Stonington
Stonington
State of CT
Plastic bag ban / 3mils / No Fee & Plastic Straw Ban
Passed May 2, 2019
Effective November 2, 2019
Windham
Stonington
Windham
Plastic Bag Ban / 2.25mils / No fee
Passed April 22, 2019
Effective October 22, 2019