CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas, May 6, 2013 (ENS) – Officials in The Texas coastal city of Corpus Christi are urging residents to start bringing their own reusable shopping bags in advance of what is likely to be a new fee on plastic bags. On February 19, City Council decided that since…
Sunset Valley, Texas – On February 19, 2013, the small town of Sunset Valley, Texas passed a plastic bag ban. With the town being completely surrounded by the City of Austin, the City Council based the ordinance on Austin’s Carryout Bag Ordinance. After Austin’s plastic bag ordinance was adopted and…
AUSTIN, TX., March 5, 2013 — Texas legislator Rep. Drew Springer has filed a bill in the Texas House titled, ‘The Shopping Bag Freedom Act’. Springer filed House Bill 2416 in response to the Texas City of Austin’s plastic bag ban that went into effect on March 1st. Ironically, Austin…
Copperas Cove, Texas, Sept. 30, 2012 (PBBR) – The City of Copperas Cove, Texas is doing research into implementing a plastic bag ban. If passed, the small central Texas city of just over 30,000 citizens, would join other Texas municipalities with plastic bag regulations. Austin, TX passed a ban on…
Laguna Vista, TX, Sept. 20, 2012 – The following article was originally published by Valley Green Space. Written by Madeleine Sandefur, the story outlines the steps taken to get a plastic bag ordinance passed in Laguna Vista, Texas. The story is published here by permission of Madeleine Sandefur. Another City…
Plastic Carry-Out Bags Banned Laguna Vista, TX, Sept. 20, 2012 – The Town Council of Laguna Vista, Texas adopted Ordinance Number 2012-23 after the second and final reading on Tuesday, Sept. 11. The ordinance bans the use of plastic carry-out bags within the corporate limits of the Town of Laguna…
Aug. 29, 2012 (PBBR) – Austin Resource Recovery, formerly the Solid Waste Dept. of the City of Austin, Texas, announced on Aug. 24 that it would be giving away free reusable bags to help citizens get ready for the carryout bag ordinance. The reusable bags are free and will be…
Ordinance Tabled for further study March 20, 2012 – The City of Odessa, Texas had been planning to outlaw all single-use carry-out bags. However, the proposal was not adopted by City Council. The Odessa City Council discussed the proposed municipal ordinance to ban plastic bags at its regular meeting on…
March 3rd, 2012 – At 2:05 am Friday morning, March 1st, the Austin City Council approved an ordinance which prohibits retailers from providing single-use carryout bags to customers. Added as an amendment to the City Code, the ordinance prohibits all retailers from providing plastic or paper disposable bags to its…
Monday, January 30, 2012 – The city of Austin, Texas held a public forum on the issue of banning plastic and paper bags tonight. Entitled, Interactive Forum on the Future of Plastic and Paper Bags in Austin, the program itinerary included presentations, a poll, a question and answer session, and…
Becoming eco-friendly is possible, even if this concept is new to you . .
I do not mind the plastic bag ban at all..... I say everyone stop whining . . .
It was great to read about a younger generation drawing attention to environmental issues.
Just to follow up on what Andy said, in the UK some supermarkets now charge for plastic bags
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