Official:Amending Chapter 9-600 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Service and Other Businesses," by adding a new Section 9-614, entitled "Mandatory Recycling of Disposable Shopping Bags," all under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Councilmember DiCicco
Introduced: December 10, 2009
: Committee on the Environment
Status: Lapsed
This bill was introduced in the 2008–2011 Council term and when that term ran out. The public record shows no committee vote and no floor vote at any stage, so no member of Council ever went on record for or against it.
That is not unusual here. Of the 8,465 bills introduced between 2000 and 2025, 1,624 lapsed without a single recorded vote. Ninety percent of bills that became law carry a roll call. Three percent of lapsed bills do. How this works.
This bill requires retail establishments in Philadelphia to implement a program for recycling disposable shopping bags, with penalties for non-compliance.
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