today i saw some people so mad they preferred to lug unbagged groceries to the car. >> it's all a hoax. >> ten bays, 50 cents. >> i had no choice. i had too much to carry on my own. >> enter the name of bags used. >> here at the safeway in bethesda, there were a lot of bag tax supporters. the store is giving away a free reusable bag for every $50 spent to help make customers make the transition. with the goal of reducing litter dramatically and raising about a million a year for water pollution mitigation. >> that's a problem when you first get used to it. you forget it in the car or forget it at home. >> so yeah, we think it's a great idea. >> next on the list for bag taxes in maryland, likely to be prince georges county, they failed to get one through. there are legislators who say the bag tax in maryland should be statewide. 15 states have failed to get a bag tax passed. if maryland could do it with montgomery county leading the way, it would be the first in the nation. reporting live, scott broom, 9news now. >> better stock up on those bags. thank you. >>> no holiday today for the

people just could not bring themselves to pay the new 5 cent per bag tax filling the car with unbagged groceries. >> i think it is all a hoax, something else to get our money. >> i had no choice. i had too much to carry on my own. >> enter the number of bags used. >> it is the new bag tax in montgomery county. 5 cents per bag expected to raise at least a million per year to be spent on water pollution mitigation. with bags considered the bad boy of the litter world, plastic fluttering in trees and fouling water ways, bag taxes are seen as a way to reduce the damage. washington's bag tax on food and liquor retailers reduced use from about 22 million a month to about 3 million a month but montgomery ups the ante by taxes all retailers and paper bags, too. >> that's a good idea because i'm from india. we have been carrying these things back in india. i'm used to this. >> at the new safeway in bethesda, customers got a free reusable bag for every $50 in groceries they bought and a lot of customers have already got themselves in the habit. >> that's a problem when you first start getting used to it.

montgomery county, some people couldn't bring themselves to pay the tax filling the car with unbagged groceries. >> i think it's all a hoax. something else to get our money. >> i sent a bag. >> i had no choice. i had too much to carry on my own. >> enter the number of bags used. >> it's the new bag tax in montgomery county. 5 cents per bag expected to raise a million per year to be spent on water pollution mitigation. with bags considered the bad boy of the litter world, plastic fluttering in trees and waterways, bag taxes are seen as a way to reduce the damage. washington's bag tax on food and liquor retailers reduced use from about 22 million a month to about 3 million a month, but montgomery ups the anti by taxing all retailers and paper bags, too. >> i'm from india. so i'm used to this. >> at the new safeway in bethesda, customers got a free reusable bag for every $50 in groceries they bought. and a will the of customers have gotten themselves in the habit. >> that's a problem when you are getting used to it. you forget it in the car or forget it at home. >> so yeah, we think it's a great i

some people could not bring themselves to pay the new 5- cent per bag tax filling the car with unbagged groceries. >> i think it's a hoax. something else to get our money. >> i had no choice. i had too much to carry on my own. >> enter the number of bags used. >> it's the new bag tax. 5 cents per bag, expecting a million to be raised. with bags considered the bad boy of the litter world, plastic fluttering in trees and waterways, bag taxes are seen as a way to reduce the damage. washington's bag tax on food and liquor taxes reduced use from 22 million a month to about 3 million a month. but montgomery ups the anti by taxing all retailers and paper bags, too. >> i'm from india. we are carrying these in india. i'm used to this. >> at the new safeway in bethesda, customers got a free reusable. a lot of customers have gotten themselves in the habit. >> that's a problem when you first get used to it. you forget it in the car or forget it at home. >> so yeah, we think it's a great idea. >> so, do not forget your carload of reusable bags. list is likely to be prince georges county. it failed last year.