The city of Carpinteria has enacted the state's first -- and the nation's second -- bag ban that applies to both single-use plastic bags and to paper bags. Austin, Texas, also has a double bag ban, approved earlier this month.
The Carpinteria plastic bag ban, scheduled to go into effect July 11 for large retailers, was approved March 12.
Retailers with less than $5 million in annual sales will be exempt from the paper bag portion of the Carpinteria ban. They will also not have to comply with the plastic bag ban until April 11, 2013
