San Francisco Bans Plastic Bags

San Francisco Bans Plastic Bags

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SAN FRANCISCO — City leaders approved a ban on plastic grocery bags after weeks of lobbying on both sides from environmentalists and a supermarket trade group.

If Mayor Gavin Newsom signs the ban as expected, San Francisco would be the first U.S. city to adopt such a rule.

The law, passed by a 10-1 vote, requires large markets and drug stores to give customers only a choice among bags made of paper that can be recycled, plastic that breaks down easily enough to be made into compost, or reusable cloth.

San Francisco supervisors and supporters said that by banning the petroleum-based sacks, blamed for littering streets and choking marine life, the measure would go a long way toward helping the city earn its green stripes.

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[edit on 28-3-2007 by apc]

Are these people high?! ... Oh wait.

No... don't offer incentives to make ecofriendly bags less expensive. Don't put a disposal tax on non-ecofriendly bags to make them more expensive. FORCE people not to use them at all.

I feel sorry for the native residents of SF. Their city is going to Hell all around them.

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[edit on 28-3-2007 by apc]