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Peer Community Comparison <br />Municipality <br />Annual Revenue <br />Revenue Use/Programming <br />Rate of Behavior Change <br />Experienced <br />City of Boulder — fee adopted <br />$280,000 <br />Revenue use limited due to fee <br />Initial bag usage was <br />in 2013 of $0.10 per <br />structure. Most revenue is used <br />estimated to be 210 per <br />paper/plastic bag at grocery <br />for administration, advertising <br />capita/year. Boulder saw <br />stores. <br />and marketing, reusable bag <br />70% decrease in plastic <br />orders and recycling education. <br />bags immediately following <br />Fee does not apply to <br />implementation of fee. Trend <br />restaurants, vendors at <br />leveled off quickly though. <br />Farmers Market, bulk or <br />produce bags, newspaper <br />bags or any other kind of <br />food packaging bags. <br />Bag fee was temporarily <br />suspended during COVID-19 <br />pandemic. Reinstated on <br />July 1, 2020 based on <br />guidance from public health <br />findings showing that <br />reusable bags pose low risk <br />for surface transmission of <br />virus. <br />Town of Breckenridge — fee <br />$80-000-$100,000 <br />Most revenue used for <br />Town did not have baseline <br />adopted in 2013 of $0.10 per <br />advertising, reusable bag orders <br />for comparison. Staff heard <br />paper/plastic bag. <br />($50,000/year) and recycling <br />from largest bag user during <br />education. <br />first year of fee that they <br />Staff reported increase in <br />experienced a 50% decrease <br />use of plastic bags since <br />Revenue used to offset costs of <br />in purchasing of bags. <br />adoption of fee and believes <br />administration and other Town <br />increase in bags mimics <br />activities related to waste <br />increase in sales tax. As long <br />diversion, recovery or <br />as bags are growing slower <br />Wel <br />