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Cutting Back On Plastic Bags Makes Sense
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The County Supes are considering a measure today to follow San Francisco's lead and ban plastic bags at grocery stores because discarded bags litter our streets and they are an ecological disaster.
I don't know how practical an outright ban is, but incentivizing consumers to cut back on their use makes a lot of sense.
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Given that the vast, vast majority of Angelenos don't go anywhere without their cars, how difficult would it be to keep a bunch of canvas tote bags in your trunk?
Sure, there will be times when you're out and zip into a store for an unscheduled purchase and perhaps you've forgotten your grocery bag. Or, maybe you walk or take public transportation, in which case, carrying canvas bags around all the time just in case you need them, is a total non-starter.
So, clearly, bags still must be made available to customers, but maybe stores should force people to buy them from a bag vending machine. By charging for bags and forcing people to go through an extra step to get them, then stores would incentivize shoppers to plan ahead and bring their own.
The LA Times notes that, "Any policy adopted by the supervisors would apply to unincorporated areas of the county and possibly cities with which the county contracts services."
I hate admitting that San Francisco is right about anything, but they're definitely on to something with this bag thing.
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| Posted by: Ryan_Knoll on Tuesday, April 10, 2007 - 08:18 AM
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