Beginning on January 1, 2022, a five-cent ($0.05) tax will be instituted on the sale of disposable plastic bags provided to customers in grocery stores, convenience stores, and drugstores in the City of Roanoke. It's a tax you don't have to pay if you bring your own re-useable bag when you shop. Learn more about this new tax and how it will be implemented at https://www.roanokeva.gov/plasticbagtax