California Plastic Bag Ban up for Signature
You will no longer see plastic bags clogging our water ways and at ocean beaches in California which has cost millions of dollars to remove. California passed legislation last Friday in the Senate 22-15 to ban plastic bag use. Plastic bags at the check out line in grocery stores and large pharmacies starting in 2015 and at convenience stores starting in 2016 will be a thing of the past. Gerry Brown's signature is all that is needed for this to take affect.
Typical plastic bag to be banned in California
What will we do without these bags and what will be used instead?
This legislation includes loans that allow bag manufacturers to switch over to the production of paper bags and allows for stores to charge 10 cents for paper and reusable bags. I was at a store yesterday and they were already charging for paper bags and did not offer any plastic. This has been banned in Los Angeles and San Fransisco already for some time now. The entire state is just catching up. Actually there are over 100 local jurisdictions in California where this ban is already imposed.
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California Plastic Bag Ban up for Signature
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