Ban on Plastic Bags Broadened in San Francisco
by Ashley Schiller on May 22nd, 2008
Post a comment San Francisco’s unique plastic bag ban extended Tuesday to include pharmacies operating five or more locations in the city, according to NBC.
The ordinance went into effect in November, first banning grocery stores from giving customers non-biodegradable plastic bags. The stores must use recyclable paper bags, reusable bags, or bio-plastic bags made of corn or potato starch.
Now the ban also applies to multiple-location pharmacies such as Walgreens, Longs and Rite Aid.
According to the article, San Francisco’s ban is the first of its kind in the country.
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1 comment:
ban on plastic bag is just such a big joke
paper bags cost just too much to save us
they use more storage room, use more transport, cost more to produce, they need more energy to be made as well, the use of a paper bag is limited..
plus they use too much suply to be made...
environmental cost is much higher for the planet whaterver the oil cost, with minimal oil there is way to make so many plastic bags, it's just unreal..
why should people drag another anchor with that type of ban
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