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But as bag bans gain momentum around the country, hopefully that number can start to drop.
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In June 2009, as a response to widespread calls for bans or other anti-bag measures from environmental groups, the city of Toronto required that all local stores charge 5 cents for every plastic bag they handed out.
As a practical matter, however, banning or charging for bags never made much sense.
Groups such as Clean Up Australia have long campaigned for plastic bags to be banned «forever,» and in March last year hopes were buoyed when federal Environment Minister Greg Hunt said he was prepared to use the «bully pulpit» of government to «get rid of» plastic bags.
Banning single - use plastic bags makes sense, as long as it doesn't usher in behaviours that are just as bad, or worse — like over-using heavier bags made of even more plastic.
SECOS, an ASX - listed subsidiary of Cardia Bioplastics, has welcomed the recent plastic bag bans by Australian supermarkets as a producer of what it describes as compostable and Biohybrid plastic products.
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Last month, Gov. Andrew Cuomo endorsed a statewide ban on single - use plastic bags, as reported here by Daily Voice.
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) Two Democratic state lawmakers from Manhattan on Monday called for a statewide ban on the ubiquitous plastic shopping bag and a fee on paper bags as a way to encourage renewable alternatives and crack down on one of the greatest sources of environmental pollution.
ALBANY — As his Democratic gubernatorial challenger joined environmental protesters outside the Capitol, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo proposed a ban on single - use plastic bags at stores throughout New York State.
It says that plastic bag bans — exactly what Cuomo now proposes — backfired in San Jose, Chicago and Honolulu, as merchants just switched to using slightly heavier «reusable» plastics or relied more on paper bags.
As Governor Andrew Cuomo joins the push to ban plastic bags in New York State, a local environmental advocate is moving forward with a cause of her own.
As the activists poured into the building, Cuomo countered the criticism by announcing a proposal to ban the use of plastic shopping bags.
A ban on helicopters would be even more popular (with people, as well as fish and birds) on the East End, as helicopters are far more invasive than plastic bags.
As far as we've heard, the plastic bag bans in Southampton and East Hampton have had little to no effect on those towns» economieAs far as we've heard, the plastic bag bans in Southampton and East Hampton have had little to no effect on those towns» economieas we've heard, the plastic bag bans in Southampton and East Hampton have had little to no effect on those towns» economies.
But while the threats posed by plastic bags may not seem as immediate as others, they at least warrant a frank discussion about the merits of enacting a ban.
According to the report, bans on the bags» distribution «existed in nearly 100 cities, towns, and municipalities across the country» as of March 2017.
As such, today I join our County's Environmental Management Council, some of whom have joined us today, and call for the passage of a local law which will ban all lightweight, disposable plastic bags in our county.
Green officers said that if the Legislature and Governor were truly concerned about the costs of the fee, they would move quickly to ban plastic bags entirely as California and Hawaii have done.
As the newspaper launches its own campaign to ban bags, Mr Brown said cutting plastic bag use is «one of the most straightforward ways we can all do something directly to improve our environment and reduce pollution».
As hundreds of advocates rallied in Albany against climate change and to push Gov. Andrew Cuomo to do more on the issue, his office announced legislation on Monday that would institute a statewide ban on single - use plastic bags by 2019.
Two Democratic state lawmakers from Manhattan called for a statewide ban on the ubiquitous plastic shopping bag and a fee on paper bags as a way to encourage renewable alternatives and crack down on one of the greatest sources of environmental pollution.
But the era of plastic bags, long a staple of the checkout line, could eventually come to an end in Erie County, as County Executive Mark Poloncarz wants them banned at all stores.
Southampton and East Hampton Towns, as well as several villages within those towns, have enacted bans of single - use plastic bags of their own.
Errol Louis analyzed Cuomo's proposed plastic bag ban as Cynthia Nixon focuses on the environment, with the Monday Consultants Corner: Democrats Lupe Todd - Medina and Charlie King, and Republicans O'Brien Murray and J.C. Polanco.
Rallis: I support the plastic bag ban as an environmentalist, as a human being, as a guy who uses reusable bags.
As a sit - in was held outside his offices, the governor proposed a bill banning the use of plastic bags in grocery stores, beginning in 2019.
Throne - Holst said «You can't beat my record on the environment,» touting a clean water research center's opening, solar initiatives and a ban on plastic bags during her tenure as Southampton supervisor.
Patchogue on Long Island has already enacted a ban on bags and Suffolk County is heading in that direction as well, according to the Times Union.
Staten Island State Senator Diane Savino has repeatedly mocked the proposal as a «half - assed, feel - good, limousine liberal» approach to the problem, and suggested expanding recycling programs or banning carry - out bags entirely.
For months, Suffolk lawmakers had debated a straight ban on plastic bags and had settled on the fee on «single use» paper and plastic bags as a compromise with grocery store owners and labor unions that represent workers.
This new state legislation corresponds to a report made by Gov. Andrew Cuomo's Plastic Bag Task Force, as well as the ban in California — the first state to ban single - use plastic bags in 2016.
As a sit - in was held outside his offices, the governor proposed a bill banning the use of plastic bags in grocery stores, beginning in 2019.
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There's also a bit of a serious bag addiction going on here — as my shopping ban goes on I have started reviewing my closet.
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Dr Sue Kinsey, of the Marine Conservation Society, said: «It seems extraordinary that a government that has badged itself as the greenest ever should seek to stop a ban on carrier bags.
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Pay attention to what identification is required, as well as what items are banned from your carry - on and / or checked bags.
All plastic bags and bottles are banned from inside the forest and as such should all be left at the ticket counter.
Of course this is not going to single handedly solve the worlds plastic bag problem, nor are we saying it is totally sustainable jewelery, (gold is also used), but this jewellery does give rise to alternative and thoughtful uses for discarded plastics.The recent backlash against plastic shopping bags in Australia has been written about here before, there are a few alternatives that have been trialled such as the potato starch bag, reusable woven bags and banning plastic bags altogether, but using plastic bags persists, which leaves the dilemma of what to do with them.