Sentences with phrase «of a plastic bag ban»

On the town banning single - use plastic bags: Rallis: I came out in support of a plastic bag ban... It's the right thing to do.

Our favorite place to buy libations does not understand the intent of the plastic bag ban.

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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.

Romy Tittel, Leader of the Green Party of Alberta and Catriona Wright, Shadow Cabinet member for Sustainable Towns and Cities, strongly encourages the Alberta Government to quickly adopt the following in order to keep recyclables out of the landfill: An immediate plastic bag ban.

The Boomerang Alliance, along with groups like the Total Environment Centre, will use Thursday's inquiry to call for a container deposit scheme, a ban on single - use plastic shopping bags and microbeads in laundry and cosmetic products, and continued enforcement of existing regulations.

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.

She acknowledged she was uncertain how the ban would work, but she said she imagined that stores would be asked to phase out paper and plastic in favor of reusable bags over the course of a year or 18 months.

Supporters of the plastic bag fee say it's designed to cut down on environmentally harmful waste and surcharges in other cities have worked better than outright bans.

According to the governor's office, the bill would «ban the provision of single - use, plastic carryout bags at any point of sale,» while garment bags, trash bags and any bags used to wrap or contain certain foods would be exempt.

A ban on single - use plastic bags was one of several options put forward in January by a task force Cuomo created to study the issue of plastic bag waste.

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.

Governor Andrew Cuomo has introduced a bill that could ban plastic bags, while Councilmembers are proposing banning the sale of disposable plastic bottles in public spaces.

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.

On behalf of the fish and the birds, I would like to thank the East Hampton Town Board for enacting a ban on plastic shopping bags, despite the threats by the National Plastic Bag Alliance, or whatever the purveyors of such wastefulness call themplastic shopping bags, despite the threats by the National Plastic Bag Alliance, or whatever the purveyors of such wastefulness call themPlastic Bag Alliance, or whatever the purveyors of such wastefulness call themselves.

The Village of New Paltz in Ulster County banned single - use plastic bags last November.

Howie Hawkins called Governor Cuomo's plastic bag ban proposal yesterday a publicity stunt designed to divert attention from thousands of climate change activists at the Capitol on Monday saying it was time for Cuomo to Walk the Talk.

The Erie County Legislature majority will turn down County Executive Mark Poloncarz's request for a $ 75,000 study to consider the effect of banning the use of plastic bags by grocery stores, retailers and restaurants.

In the years since the Suffolk County Legislature last discussed, then dropped, the idea of banning single - use plastic bags, here are some things legislators have chosen to take action on:

Both Southampton and East Hampton towns — following the lead of several villages within their boundaries — have had plastic bag bans in place for years.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Cuomo's proposal comes three months after a state task force laid out a range of options to address plastic - bag pollution, including a statewide ban or a small per - bag fee on consumers.

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».

«While the retail industry recognizes and appreciates that the fee would supplant the far-less desirable ban on the use of plastic carryout bags, we are concerned that the underpinning message blames the city's retail industry for an environmental disaster but simultaneously puts it in line to score a new profit center from it.»

Around the time Nixon was joining hundreds of demonstrators at a rally outside the state Capitol, Cuomo announced he was introducing legislation that would ban all single - use, plastic carryout bags in New York state.

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.

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?

Southampton and East Hampton Towns, as well as several villages within those towns, have enacted bans of single - use plastic bags of their own.

He boasts of pushing through 5p plastic bag charges, but he should have stopped the banning of land - based wind turbines.

Based on recommendations included in the report, the Governor is introducing a program bill that would ban the provision of single - use, plastic carryout bags at any point of sale, and would provide the Department of Environmental Conservation with exclusive jurisdiction over all matters related to plastic bags and film plastic recycling.

This action follows the release of the New York State Plastic Bags Task Force report in January, which outlined the environmental impact of plastic bags, single - use bag reduction measures, and proposed actions that the state could take to reduce pollution and protect New York's natural resources, including a ban on single - use plastiPlastic Bags Task Force report in January, which outlined the environmental impact of plastic bags, single - use bag reduction measures, and proposed actions that the state could take to reduce pollution and protect New York's natural resources, including a ban on single - use plastic bBags Task Force report in January, which outlined the environmental impact of plastic bags, single - use bag reduction measures, and proposed actions that the state could take to reduce pollution and protect New York's natural resources, including a ban on single - use plastiplastic bags, single - use bag reduction measures, and proposed actions that the state could take to reduce pollution and protect New York's natural resources, including a ban on single - use plastic bbags, single - use bag reduction measures, and proposed actions that the state could take to reduce pollution and protect New York's natural resources, including a ban on single - use plasticplastic bagsbags.

Councilman Brad Lander (D - Brooklyn), who is co-sponsoring the bill with Councilwoman Margaret Chin (D - Manhattan), said it's one of several options on the table, including banning plastic bags outright while imposing a fee just on paper bags.

City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito said she and her colleagues are exploring «legal options» to counter Gov. Andrew Cuomo «s decision last night to sign legislation banning implementation of the five - cent paper and plastic bag fee the city passed last year — and accused the governor of slandering the Council.

The Legislature rejected Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz's request to spend $ 75,000 on a study to consider the impact of banning plastic bags at grocery stores, retailers and take - out restaurants.

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.

In light of Thursday morning's report by Erie County Comptroller Stephan Mychajliw that Poloncarz underestimated 2015 sales tax revenues, questions were asked whether the money is available to spend $ 750,000 a year on plans to increase protection from lead poisoning, and an estimated % 50,000 to $ 70,000 for an environmental impact review ahead of plans to ban plastic shopping bags.

If the use of plastic bags isn't reduced by at least 75 percent in three years, then the «idea of an outright ban can be revisited at a later date,» according to the legislation.

It's been a week since more than a dozen residents marched to the podium at a Southold Town Board meeting and urged members to consider banning plastic bags, which environmentalists warn can have serious effects on local wildlife if improperly disposed of.

Retailers are evading such bans elsewhere by handing out thicker plastic bags that meet a statutory definition of reusable but are generally in use for less than 20 minutes, then litter the earth for 200 years.

Gerson Borrero and Curtis Sliwa gave their take on Gov. Cuomo calling on State Sen. Simcha Felder to join Democrats, French President Emmanuel Macron's visit with President Trump, Cuomo's plastic bag ban, and the rest of the week's political headlines.

They would like to see New York follow in the steps of California, which banned thin plastic bags and placed a minimum 10 - cent fee on paper and thicker plastic bags.

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.

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.