Last week the LA city council voted to outlaw plastic bags in the city of Los Angeles by 2010 unless businesses impose a 25 cent tax on every bag they give out. Either way, this will put a huge dent in our plastic bag problem. According to the article in the LA Times, LAnicks use 2.3 billion plastic bags every year and only 5% are recycled. It's disgusting and it's about time something was done about it. While I hope they outlaw them, Ireland has proven that a plastax can have a dramatic effect so either way, it's a good thing.
So who's next?
Dave
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
LA to Fix Plastic Bag Problem....Finally
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I think they're actually trying to make this a state law...wouldn't that be great?
that's wonderful :D
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