Paper or Biodegradable Plastic, Sir?
Are we seeing the beginning of the end of the plastic bag era, right here, right now?
City leaders approved a ban on plastic grocery bags after weeks of lobbying on both sides from environmentalists and a supermarket trade group. San Francisco would be the first U.S. city to adopt such a rule if Mayor Gavin Newsom signs the ban as expected.
The law, approved 10-1, requires large markets and drug stores to offer customers 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.
“Hopefully, other cities and states will follow suit,” said Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi, who crafted the ban after trying to get a 15-cent per bag tax passed in 2005.
We’re not quite sure why exactly SF believes it has to earn its ‘green stripes’–we thought it was bestowed with this honor years ago.
Well, so much for that dead baby joke with the Safeway plastic bag. It will soon pass into folklore. Or whatever.
SF passes plastic-bag ban [Yahoo News]
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