Among Gov. Ned Lamont’s COVID-19 precautions in March was an executive order suspending Connecticut’s 10-cent fee on single-use plastic bags.
The order is set to expire Wednesday — July 1 — when retailers again are required to collect the fee.
Early in the pandemic, some retailers set policy preventing employees from bagging groceries in reusable bags brought from home by the customer.
“According to guidance from the Connecticut Department of Public Health (DPH), given the most current scientific information available, reusable bags do not serve as a significant source of infection for COVID-19,” the Department of Revenue Services said in a statement last week.