Should plastic grocery bags be banned?
San Francisco just became the first U.S. city to pass such a ban. Which city will be next?
San Francisco just became the first U.S. city to pass such a ban. Which city will be next?
Anonymous
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Which city next, all of them I hope. The bags made from petrolium should be replaced with biodegradable or compostable ones. Paper or one can bring canvas bags and reuse them.
Jan
Why just plastic grocery bags? If they are banned,then plastic disposable diapers should be also. While we all know that plastic bags are bad for the environment,if cities want to make a ban,then do it completely. No plastic whatsoever allowed in the city. I just hate when government tells me how I should live.
Anonymous
Plastic grocery bags should not be banned and here's why:
They are cheap and paper bags are expensive. Switching to paper only will result in higher overhead, and consumers end up paying for that.
Personally, I use plastic bags for bathroom trash can bags and daily cleaning trash bags. This is recycling at it's best!
I keep a convenient plastic bag in the car for trash (which seems to multiply). I solely get these from the market.
Litter box!
The paper bags with the handles, I use for kitchen trash.
But to answer your question, Los Angeles and New Jersey will be next!
Anonymous
Banned? Many time though out our evolution as a country we find things that we do wrong or cause harm to our environment and change them. Would anyone really be inconvenienced without plastic bags? If it is going to help the environment in the long run I say go for it. I'm sure I will find something else to line my bathroom garbage can.
Amanda
Yes. How often do you see a plastic bag across a storm drain in the street, or caught in a tree? Even in cities that haven't banned them, we should all be carrying our own canvas or sturdy plastic bags, but you asked who would be next...New York? Madison? West Hollywood?