New York will soon become the third state in the nation to ban single-use plastic bags.

The measure was included in the $175.5 billion budget passed by lawmakers in Albany.

Retailers across New York will be banned from providing customers with plastic bags that are non-biodegradable and cannot be recycled.

Counties will be able to opt into charging 5 cents for paper bags, with 2 cents from each sale going to local governments and the other 3 cents going to the state's Environmental Protection Fund.

California and Hawaii already have statewide bans on the bags.

The single-use bag ban will take effect in New York on March 1, 2020.