Corvallis’ new policy on plastic bags will be effective from January 1, 2013. The city ordinance on this issue prohibits the use of single-use plastic bags. It will also charge a minimum of 5 cents on all the paper bags given to the customers during a sale. The City Council actually passed this ordinance some time back in July 2012. The ordinance will take effect in two different stages. The first … [Read more...]
Plastic Bag Bans Across America
We follow important events, stories & news from Florida to California covering the latest on bans of plastic bags in local retail stores.
Carpinteria Decides to Ban Bags, Advices Shoppers to Bring their Own Bags
October 25, 2012 by Leave a Comment
With the entire United States becoming eco-minded, most of the counties and cities are imposing a ban on single-use plastics bags. By doing so, they hope to reduce the increasing levels of plastic waste in the country. Carpinteria is another city to follow the lead of quite a few counties and cities such as San Mateo City and Portland, which have gone ahead with imposing a ban on plastic bags … [Read more...]
San Mateo County Council Might Impose Plastic Bag Ban Ordinance
October 21, 2012 by Leave a Comment
The supervisors of the San Mateo County have decided to consider the ban on plastic bags in unincorporated communities. County council members will talk about the whole issue in the meeting that will be held on the 23rd of October, 2012. If the ban is accepted this move can spur as many as 24 Peninsula cities to follow the same strategy. … [Read more...]
Portland Plastic Bag Ban Will Apply to All Retailers
October 13, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Portland was one of the very first cities in the United States of America to impose the ban on plastic bags, after which the other cities followed suit. It has been a year since Portland banned plastic bags in large stores. The City Council of Portland is currently considering the expansion of the bag ban program to all sorts of businesses. Apart from banning the usage of plastic bags in the city, … [Read more...]
Plastic Bag Bans, Large Dwellings Law and Gun Club Analysis by Santa Cruz County
October 10, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Recently supervisors at the Board of Santa Cruz voted for a plastic ban. The ordinance extends across the country, and targets the usage of plastic by fast food joints and restaurants. … [Read more...]
Ban of Plastic Bags Takes Effect in San Luis Obispo County
October 5, 2012 by Leave a Comment
The much debated imposition of a plastic bag ban in San Luis Obispo County came into effect on October 1st, 2012. Hundreds of stores all over the county stopped providing customers with single-use plastics for shopping purposes. Most of the shoppers had come prepared with wholesale reusable bags on the very first day after the bag ban was enforced. County officials of San Luis Obispo are hoping … [Read more...]
San Francisco Court Says Yes to Extension on Bag Ban
September 23, 2012 by Leave a Comment
A lower court in San Francisco has given its approval to extend the five-year plastic bag ban in all retail stores, which is bound to go into effect from October, as per the schedule. The attorney for the Save the Plastic Bag Coalition, Stephen Joseph, said on September 19th that he will once again take the case and approach the First District Court of Appeals, wherein the coalition also has a … [Read more...]
Darien Will Soon Vote on Ban of Plastic Bags Starting Monday
September 21, 2012 by Leave a Comment
It will be decided whether Darien needs plastic bags or not as the members of the Representative Town Meeting will decide by next week if the ban in plastics should be imposed or not. The debate regarding the ban on plastic shopping and grocery bags has been going on for quite some time now, but it will all finally come to a rest when the RTM members will vote regarding the ordinance. … [Read more...]
Judge Asks San Francisco to Go Ahead with Plastic Bag Ban
September 19, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Teri Jackson, who is the Superior Court Judge in San Francisco, earlier this week, gave the nod for passing the ordinance regarding the ban of plastic bags in grocery and other retail stores. The ordinance also states that a dime will be charged per paper bag and disposable plastic bag at the stores. Instead, shoppers are encourages to utilize wholesale reusable bags. … [Read more...]
Starting October 1st San Luis Obispo County is Banning Plastic Bags
September 5, 2012 by Leave a Comment
San Luis Obispo Countyis banning single-use plastic bags and wants almost all retailers to follow the rule. Goods and groceries will no longer be packaged in single-use plastic bags, but instead can be packed in wholesale reusable bags or in recyclable paper bags. … [Read more...]