# Bill would prohibit single-use carry-out plastic bags at retail stores like Walmart and Target.

*fintech · news · 2026-04-09 · The Sun U.S Edition*

## Key points

- Massachusetts is advancing a $3.64 billion bill to ban single-use plastic bags statewide.
- The bill would require a minimum 10-cent fee for each recycled paper bag at retailers.
- Half of the paper bag fee would fund a new state Plastics Environmental Protection Fund.
- Small stores with one location and 10 or fewer employees are exempt from the bag fee requirement.
- Over 160 Massachusetts communities already have local bans on single-use plastic shopping bags.

**Companies:** Walmart, Target
**Countries:** United States

[Read the full story on The Sun U.S Edition](https://www.the-sun.com/money/16199674/walmart-new-plastic-bag-ban-paper-fees-massachusetts/)

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