Cuyahoga County handing out to up to $5,000 for stores to stop using plastic bags
CLEVELAND, Ohio -Cuyahoga County handing is out up to $5,000 to stores if they stop using plastic bags.
If you remember, the county approved a plastic bag ban back in 2019. But because of the pandemic, it never went into effect until last year. However, several cities decided to opt out. Cleveland, Brooklyn, North Olmsted and Strongsville, just to name a few.Starinsky who heads this initiative hopes, this grant money will give businesses that extra push to become eco-friendly.
For shoppers like Shellee Pavlak, she is fine with the plastic bag ban. And hopes many stores actually follow through with it.
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