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Saturday, 08/30/2014 6:11:49 AM

Saturday, August 30, 2014 6:11:49 AM

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A plastic garbage bag is a single-use plastic bag.
My plastic grocery bags are used twice.
First to carry home the food.
Second to collect and discard the trash.

I don't suppose that occurred to these nudniks.
And to think I once believed CA was the promised land.

California lawmakers pass first U.S. plastic bag ban
AP 5:51 a.m. EDT August 30, 2014

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Lawmakers are sending Gov. Jerry Brown a bill that would make California the first to impose a statewide ban on single-use plastic bags.

SB270 cleared the Senate on a 22-15 vote Friday. It was approved by the Assembly a day earlier.

Senators who had previously opposed the bill, including incoming Senate President Pro Tem Kevin de Leon, a Los Angeles Democrat, this time supported the measure after protections were added for plastic bag manufacturers.

The bill would prohibit single-use plastic bags at grocery stores and large pharmacies in 2015 and at convenience stores in 2016.

It includes $2 million in loans to help manufacturers shift to producing reusable bags and lets grocers charge 10 cents each for paper and reusable bags.

A statewide ban had been a goal for lawmakers trying to reduce the buildup of plastic waste. About 100 local jurisdictions in California already have adopted similar bans.

Copyright 2014 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/08/30/california-plastic-bag-ban/14857971/

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