Regulates products made from polystyrene and the distribution of certain single-use straws and utensils.
In 2014, Portland passed a 5 cent fee on paper and plastic bags.
Requires retailers to stop giving out single-use plastic bags and instead only offer recycled-content paper or reusable bags for a minimum charge of 10 cents per bag.
Ordinance banning plastic bags and placing a 10 cent price requirement on paper and reusable bags.
A non-profit environmental research and advocacy organization that identifies, develops, promotes and monitors policy solutions to pollution and conservation problems.
A list of communities across the US that have banned polystyrene foam products.
The Surfrider Foundation maintains a list of plastic bag bans and fees as well as polystyrene ordinances from across the US and internationally.
WegoWise maintains a database of US city benchmarking ordinances.
Describe three levels of energy audits, which are frequently cited in defining the scope of an energy audit required by ordinance.
Cleveland began implementing green leases in 2013, when it developed its first Climate Action Plan.