Posted on July 7, 2008 by Gerald Pugliese
The Los Angeles city council wants to impose a
25 cent fee on each plastic shopping bag. The
Associated Press is on it:
If the full council approves the proposal, city employees would have to use reusable cups and plates whenever possible, Kandarpa said.
The city spends $20,000 per year on polystyrene products, said Neil Guglielmo, a recycling manager at the city Bureau of Sanitation. He told the committee plastic bags and foam food containers are not biodegradable, clogs storm drains and add waste to landfills.
Michael Westerfield, a spokesman for packaging company Dart Container, opposed the plan by arguing that by banning one product, "you're just going to replace the problem with another product."
And check out this article on plastic bags too:
China's Plastic Bag Ban Will Save 37 Million Barrels of Oil.
