HCC §20-06-02
Ban on plastic checkout bags for businesses
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗This law stops businesses from giving plastic checkout bags to customers. It applies to all businesses that offer bags at checkout. There are no other rules or exceptions in this section.
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The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Plastic checkout bags prohibited
A copy, taken August 21, 2026. The version published by Hawaiʻi County is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
Businesses shall not provide plastic checkout bags to their customers. (2020, ord 20-86, sec 3.) 20-06-02
Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.
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