VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Environmentalists in Virginia Beach are calling for the city to enforce a fee on single-use plastic bags in hopes of encouraging more reusable bag use.

"It really is pretty simple. We see plastic bags as a problem," said Dylan Mason, who's a public policy manager at Lynnhaven River Now.

The Lynnhaven River Now nonprofit says Virginia Beach can reduce plastic bag pollution by passing an ordinance placing a five-cent fee on single-use plastic bags.

“We’re tackling plastic pollution and promoting behavior change through our own efforts as a local nonprofit. We host waterway and neighborhood cleanups, sewing workshops where people can craft their own bags out of old clothing, so upcycling," said Mason, "But elevating to the public, Virginia Beach-scale is what we reall

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