Framingham will join towns banning plastic bags

BOSTON – Framingham will join Cambridge, Newton and more than a dozen other Bay State communities in banning plastic bags used by retailers to package goods including groceries starting in January 2018. Acting on a citizen's petition "to eliminate the usage of thin-film single-use bags by all retail and grocery stores," Framingham Town Meeting members approved the move by a hefty majority Thursday, according to several reports. The initiative, modeled after others adopted in the state, is aimed

BOSTON – Framingham will join Cambridge, Newton and more than a dozen other Bay State communities in banning plastic bags used by retailers to package goods including groceries starting in January 2018. Acting on a citizen's petition "to eliminate the usage of thin-film single-use bags by all retail and grocery stores," Framingham Town Meeting members approved the move by a hefty majority Thursday, according to several reports. The initiative, modeled after others adopted in the state, is aimed…