The City Council on Thursday passed a bill banning “single-use” plastic bags in the city.

The ban means that places like supermarkets, convenience stores, gas stations, take-out restaurants, farmer’s markets and even food trucks will have to either switch to paper bags or offer their customers an option to buy a reusable bag. A similar ban already exists in other cities, like New York.

If signed into law by Mayor Jim Kenney, the ban would go into effect on July 2, 2020. 

Plastic bags are not recyclable in Philadelphia, and only a handful of stores (some CVS locations, The Fresh Grocer), have recycling bins for used plastic bags.

“We need to stop being a disposable society and start becoming a reusable society,” Councilman Mark Squilla, a sponsor of the bill, said during Thursday’s meeting.