Sentences with phrase «ban on plastic bags»

The Parrish Collection Kauai vacation rentals has joined other businesses in supporting the statewide ban on plastic bags in Hawaii.

Several states, including Oregon, are currently considering statewide bans on plastic bags.

Perhaps he can expand upon it by urging fellow legislators to support a countywide ban on plastic bags and continue the push for affordable septic systems to improve water quality.

Felder insisted the decision was not based on Gov. Andrew Cuomo's proposed ban on plastic bags, but would not answer when asked if Cuomo had personally pressured him to change sides in the Senate.

Still, the council in the letter to Cuomo says the bag fee is more preferable than an outright ban on plastic bags in New York City.

Hawaii also has a de facto ban on plastic bags since all its counties have instituted bans.

One year after locals expressed an outpouring of support for a townwide ban on plastic bags, a group of residents at Tuesday's Southold Town Board meeting had a question: What happened?

Since 2014, Southold Town residents have signed petitions and spoken at Town Board meetings to express support for a town - wide ban on plastic bags.

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.

With 125 employees and more than $ 120 million in annual revenues, the ACC and its members are using their deep pockets and extensive political connections to overturn bans on plastic bags, cast doubt on legitimate scientific studies and even file lawsuits against anti-bag activists.

It has been one month since Kenya enacted the world's strictest ban on plastic bags.

Policy: Although Mexico does not have a federal ban on plastic bags, many cities and states are taking action to reduce plastic pollution.

While Aldi, Bunnings, Nandos and Ikea have already stopped supplying free plastic bags to customers, some other retailers are believed to be furious at Target's decision, seen to undermine retail opposition to a national ban on plastic bags.

Michigan bans bans on plastic bags, takeout food containers, styrofoam cups and just about anything else

Gov. Cuomo said he's considering backing a statewide ban on plastic bags to help curb unnecessary trash — a day after Mayor de Blasio proposed such a...

The bill, which the county Legislature approved Thursday and which aims to discourage single - use bags, was sponsored by Legislator William Spencer (D - Centerport) after he failed to gain support earlier this year for a countywide ban on plastic bags.

It's not the outright ban on plastic bags that some officials had sought in the past, but come Jan. 1, a bill that Suffolk County passed in 2016 will take effect — and you'll pay a nickel for every non-reusable paper or plastic shopping bag provided by a store.

She said container deposit schemes and bans on plastic bags and microbeads are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to tackling marine pollution, but they are a starting point.

In recent years, bans on plastic bags have taken hold in jurisdictions dotting the United States.

This is in response to the ban on plastic bags and people bringing their own bags to the store.

He also said he supports a ban on plastic bags, something Cuomo recently proposed.

More than 100 organizations urge Governor Cuomo to support a ban on plastic bags with a fee on alternative bags

Gov. Andrew Cuomo is pushing lawmakers to approve a ban on the plastic bags that are ubiquitous in grocery stores and the state's landfills.

However, we continue to support either a fee on all single - use bags, which has been effective in many jurisdictions including Suffolk County, or a ban on plastic bags with a fee on all other single - use bags.

The Green Party today said that if Assembly Speaker Heastie is unwilling to recognize the right of NYC to enact a law restricting plastic bags, then he should enact a statewide ban on plastic bags.

«Retailers are caught somewhere in the middle: we didn't ask for the fee, we don't like the fee, we don't want to charge the fee, and yet, for a variety of reasons economic and environmental, it is far preferable to a ban on plastic bags in New York City.»

«It's not simply a ban on plastic bags,» Flanagan told reporters in Albany.

She said she supported a ban on plastic bags in town.

NEW YORK — Gov. Andrew Cuomo is considering a ban on plastic bags to help clean up the environment, according to a spokesman.

On Sunday, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio expressed support for a ban on plastic bags on Twitter.

Mayor Bill de Blasio had recently called for a statewide ban on plastic bags.

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.

A ban on plastic bags has been a hot topic locally, specifically in Southold Town where concerned residents have signed petitions and spoken at Town Board meetings in the past year hoping to spark action.

That's one reason why Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz is proposing a ban on plastic bags at all stores in the county.

Ms. Anker — who supports a countywide ban on plastic bags — said while she appreciates Dr. Spencer's efforts, she voted against the measure because, among other concerns, she believes the issue of having the state sign off on the fee should have been settled first.

The Green Party of New York State announced its four top state legislative priorities for 2018: enact a statewide single payer universal health care program, enact a Green New Deal to promote full employment and accelerate the transition to 100 % clean energy, provide $ 40 billion or more in funding for mass transit in NYC and statewide, and enact a statewide ban on plastic bags.

Poloncarz acknowledged Monday that while his administration has gained some major wins since his last State of the County address, there are other initiatives — remember the ban on plastic bags?

The panel blamed poor maintenance of Delhi's old sewerage system — and also recommended a ban on plastic bags, which helped to clog up the drains.

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But even when I am in other communities around the Bay Area, it is the San Francisco Bay Area I live in, measured by the proximity to that marvelous city, home to green building codes, to universal health care, to bans on plastic bags, to mandatory composting, to rainbow flags waving proudly in the Castro breeze, to dog walking on Ocean Beach, to watching a ballgame at AT&T park, to the guy you love and hate at the same time, the great Mayor himself, Mr. Gavin Newsom.

Our Kauai vacation rentals now feature a reusable tote in support of the statewide ban on plastic bags.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — September 19, 2013 — The Parrish Collection Kauai vacation rentals has joined other businesses in supporting the statewide ban on plastic bags.

Bungalow360, in honor of the ban on plastic bags, will give you a free reusable grocery tote bag with purchase at the Abbot Kinney Festival!

First came a ban on plastic bags, now there's a ban on disposable dishes and cutlery: How France is an impressive leader in the battle against plastic pollution.

> Team Marine — These students in Santa Monica got a ban on plastic bags bu they're doing many other environmental projects, too

The discussion focused on ongoing efforts to tackle plastic pollution through taxes and bans on plastic bags.

«Team Marine» students appeared in a Young Voices for the Planet film in 2009 about their success in passing a ban on plastic bags in Santa Monica, Ca.

When the City of Toronto considered a ban on plastic bags, a cranky Environment and Plastics Industry Council (EPIC) commissioned a study by Sporometrics,» the foremost experts in many aspects of fungal and environmental bacterial

From Monday, South Australia will enforce a ban on plastic bags from all shops, saving another 400 million bags.