Standing outside Aspen’s City Market grocery story on a recent Sunday, Tige Eads wants to talk about plastic bags. He has a good story. His wife was shopping at the store recently while employees were ...

ASPEN, Colorado – The city of Aspen has unveiled a proposed ordinance that seeks to charge grocery-store customers 20 cents for each plastic or paper bag used in sacking their items. The ordinance is ...

ASPEN, Colorado ” Aspen, Colorado officials are moving forward with plans to charge a fee to consumers who use paper and plastic bags at grocery stores. The Aspen City Council on Tuesday signed off on ...

The Colorado Supreme Court announced Tuesday it will entertain arguments from a nonprofit that claims the city’s 20-cent charge on disposable paper bags at Aspen’s two supermarket should have gone to ...

The city of Aspen’s 20-cent fee on supermarket bags has survived the scrutiny of the Colorado Supreme Court, but just barely. In a 4-3 decision announced Monday, the state’s highest court ruled the ...