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Orange County's Laguna Beach could be another Californian city to ban the use of plastic bags. Last night the City Council unanimously passed a motion that moves the discussion to the next level, reports the OC Register. Their environmental committee will now look further into the ban, which many believe "will help save both the environment and retailers' bottom lines." Council members want to be certain that local businesses have ample warning time, but also acknowledge the potential for area stores to absorb costs of the ban by selling reusable bags.
Laguna Beach is among the growing ranks of cities in the state who are fed up of seeing plastic bags littering the landscape and harming the environment. In July of last year, the LA City Council voted to pull plastic bags from store checkouts July 1, 2010, while other cities like Malibu and Manhattan Beach have already passed bans on bags.
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You can thank the assholes at savetheplasticbag.com for a lot of this...
http://www.plasticsnews.com/headlines2.html?cat=1&id=1235580960
A judge in Manhattan Beach on Feb 26 2009 ruled that the city needs to conduct an environmental-impact report to resolve questions about an increase in paper-bag use that could result from a proposed plastic-bag ban.
http://healthebay.org/actionalerts/2009_01_09_SMBagBan/default.asp
The Santa Monica City council decided Jan 13 2009, to defer the first reading of the bag ban ordinance. The council asked the city attorney’s office to review legal arguments made by a plastics industry-backed group in opposition to the measure and to conduct an environmental assessment.
Glad to see that one of these bills strikes at the REAL solutio: charge for plastic AND paper bags. Bring your own damn bags.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/detail?blogid=14&entry_id=36582
March 04 2009
A group of lawmakers today proposed to reduce litter in oceans by banning Styrofoam containers for restaurant take-out orders, charging a 25-cent fee for the use of plastic or paper bags at the grocery store and forbidding beverage makers from using detachable bottle caps.
The package of four bills was unveiled today by members of the state Assembly's Coastal Caucus.
They argued that reducing ocean pollution would not only protect the environment but ultimately save tax dollars.
The bills are ideas culled from the California Ocean Protection Council, which was created in 2004 and is part of the state Resources Agency, Nava said.
Here are the bills:
-- AB1358 by Nava and Assemblyman Jerry Hill, D-San Mateo, would ban the use of Styrofoam containers for take-out food.
-- AB68 by Assemblywoman Julia Brownley, D-Santa Monica, would require shoppers to pay a 25-cent fee at the grocery store checkout stand for using paper or plastic bags. Low-income shoppers who receive food stamps or WIC would be exempted. The money would be used to fund programs encouraging use of reusable bags.
-- AB925 by Assemblywoman Lori Saldana, D-San Diego, would require beverage manufacturers to use bottle caps that are part of the container or attached to the container.
-- AB283 by Assemblyman Wes Chesbro, D-Arcata (Humboldt County), would require manufacturers to come up with a plan to address how their products can be recycled.