According to NBC 10 in Providence, Massachusetts lawmakers are considering a bill this session that would ban single-use plastic. So far, over 150 Massachusetts cities and towns have taken a stand against plastic bags. Lawmakers hope to take the state's environmental regulations a step further and mandate a plastic bag ban in all 351 cities and towns. They also want to see single-use plastic make its way out of the Commonwealth for good by doing away with plastic take out containers and small disposable water bottles. 

New Bedford is one of the communities bearing major concerns of the single-use plastic epidemic. Experts say they're having trouble keeping up with the problem. A full vote on the bill is scheduled for the fall.