L.A. Plastic Bag Ban Unravels
Environmental Leader features an update on the attempt of Los Angeles to ban plastic bags in supermarkets, as the city has adopted a retail-based reuse program instead of an all-out ban.
Under the new plan, store owners will encourage customers to reuse shopping bags instead of choose plastic for their groceries.
LA supervisors have said that if plastic bag use is not reduced by 30 percent prior to 2010, they will revisit a bag ban plan. San Francisco banned plastic bags in 2007 over fears that the city’s six million bags harm marine life.
Other cities have developed in-store recycling efforts, such as New York and Phoenix. These programs allow plastic bags to still be distributed, but consumers can return the bags to stores. To find out how to recycle plastic bags in your area, use the recycling locator search at the top of this page.
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ozzie1oddduck
posted on February 6th, 2008 at 10:34 pm
I think that is a fantastic idea. If just 25% of U.S. families used 10 fewer plastic bags a month, we would save over 2.5 Billion bags a year. All of us at 1 Odd Duck think about those sort of things on a regular basis.