Besides the ban on plastic bags, shoppers would be charged 10 cents per paper bag one year after the ban goes into effect.
This is a typical "feel good" environmentalist wacko idea. They claim that plastic bags won't degrade for many years and they end up being eaten by marine life.
Is there an epidemic of sea animals dying from eating plastic bags? Show me the evidence!
Most people re-use those plastic bags. They use them to pick up dog droppings, line small waste baskets and for other things.
They are expecting us to use those reusable canvas bags to bag up our groceries. That presents another problem. Those bags are carriers of bacteria that can contaminate food products. They have to be frequently washed. Plus, people just toss them in pantries, in the back seats of cars or in the trunk. Animals get into them, causing further contamination. There's been cases where serious illnesses have been traced back to those canvas reusable shopping bags.
The proposed ban sounds nicey-nicey until one looks into it a bit further. It is just another stupid law from a municipal body who can't get their own house in order.
Whenever congress adopts a law that originated from a state, it is usually from the moronic state of California. Beware, America! You're next!
2 comments:
Armand, we truly are trashing the planet. Is it really so hard to put groceries in reusable bags???
Some libertarian you are, Gary! Buying into the environmentalist wacko B.S.
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