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LA May Ban Both Plastic, Paper Bags
With plastic bag bans in nearby Manhattan Beach, Long Beach and unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County, the city of Los Angeles is now considering prohibiting both plastic and paper single-use shopping bags in local grocery stores and major retailers.
This week, LA City Council member Paul Koretz submitted a motion to the council, asking the city attorney to draft an ordinance that would ban single-use shopping bags in the second largest city in the U.S.
While many cities in California are outlawing plastic bags and placing a fee on paper bags to encourage shoppers to use reusable shopping bags, Koretz proposed … read more
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Brown Paper Bags
Paper bags can be recycled with other paper items, making them as easy to recycle as tossing them in the bin or taking them to a collection center.
