A bill imposing a ban on single-use plastic shopping bags statewide is headed to the House,
The "Act to Reduce Plastics" was passed by the Senate.
The bill also requires stores to charge a dime for paper bags with half the fee going to environmental protection efforts.
One-hundred-60 communities in Massachusetts already ban single-use plastic bags.
Springfield is among them.
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