Plastic Bag Ban Study to be Available to City Council Soon
3rd January, 2011 - Posted by katherine - 1 Comment
KUT had this short story today about a possible plastic bag ban in Austin. The City of Austin’s Solid Waste Services director states that the study will cover the cost impact of plastic bags, and has been presented to city hall, to be available to city council within “a couple of weeks.” The report hasn’t been released to the public yet. The article states:
“Reusable bags are the best option. The paper bags do decompose so they don’t have the persistent problem that the plastic bags create,” said Robin Schneider with Texas Campaign for the Environment.
Meanwhile, the City of Brownsville’s ban on plastic bags goes into effect Wednesday. Brownsville is the first city in Texas to put such a ban in place.
Go Brownsville!
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1 Comment
Aryn
January 21st, 2011 at 6:14 pm
In some European countries they make you purchase your bags at the super market if you do not bring your own. They are about 18 Euro cents which is an annoying charge that is easily preventable by bringing a reusable bag.
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