24 Cities Join To Ban Bags | Plastic Bag Ban Report Menlo Park, CA – Menlo Park and 24 other cities in the Silicon Valley have joined San Mateo County’s effort to begin the process of regulating single use carryout bags at retail establishments. The policy aims to encourage the…
LOS ANGELES, California, April 5, 2012 (ENS) – A Los Angeles City Council committee recommended Wednesday that single-use plastic bags be banned from food store checkout lines across the city and that paper bags be phased out. Los Angeles County banned plastic bags November 16, 2010. The five-member Energy and…
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…
On October 17, 2011. the City Council of Newport, Oregon held a public hearing on the Plastic Bag Community Plan. The hearing allowed for public comment on the proposed ban on single-use plastic bags. There were fourteen people who spoke in favor of banning single-use plastic bags. There were no…
From myFoxchicago.com: Chicago Aldermen Pushing Plastic Bag Ban: MyFoxCHICAGO.com…
On Tuesday, October 4, the Milpitas City Council will be in session. During that session, Council is set to receive a report of a study completed on single-use carryout bags. After receiving the report, Council will direct staff to prepare an ordinance to restrict distribution of single-use bags. The City…
The city is named from the aspen trees which proliferate the area. Photo credit: Doug Dolde[/learn_more] For almost three years now, the City Council of Aspen, Colorado, USA has been considering, studying, and discussing a possible plastic bag ban for the city. It started in 2008 with CORE (Community Office…
A new bill to ban plastic bags, sponsored by Council Vice Chair Pete Hoffman, is being considered by Hawaii County Council. The Council has delayed voting on the bill until several public hearings are conducted. Following is an article about the hearings. The article is republished by permission from the…
The Environmental Sustainability Board of the City of Decatur, Georgia is trying to determine if they want to pursue an anti-bag tax or an outright ban on plastic carry-out bags. Home to 18,000 residents, Decatur, Georgia, is a very progressive small town and is located only a few miles from…
Sen. Loren Legarda has filed Senate Bill 2759, the Total Plastic Bag Ban Act of 2011 in the Phillipines. Sen. Legarda, a dedicated environmentalist, and currently Chairwoman of the Climate Change Oversight Committee of the Senate, has co-authored several laws on environmental protection. Sen. Legarda was a strong supporter for…
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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