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Los Angeles County Has Banned Plastic Bags, Levied 10 Cent Tax On Paper (as a model for Kalifornia)
Business Insider ^
| 11/17/2010
| Gus Lubin
Posted on 11/17/2010 9:09:37 AM PST by WebFocus
Los Angeles County passed a major ban last night on plastic bags, according to the LA Times.
Beginning in July, 67 large supermarkets and pharmacies will stop providing plastic. By 2012, the ban will cover 1,000 local stores.
They will also charge a 10-cent surcharge for paper bags.
Although the ban will affect only the unincorporated areas outside L.A., it's seen as a model for the rest of the California -- as will be the lawsuit that might follow.
Outside of California this idea seems years away at best. But it could only help local businesses, which wouldn't have to buy thousands of bags each month from China.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: green; losangeles; plasticbags; tax
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To: Tamar1973
You wash them. I’ll carry my own plastic bags thank you very much.
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posted on
11/17/2010 10:13:30 AM PST
by
Ben Mugged
(Your refusing to accept the facts doesn't change the facts. Matt Dillon)
To: ColdOne
"I wonder what the untended consequences of this will be?" The tree huggers will come out enmasse and declare that we are destroying the Rain forest, just like they did in the 70's which brought about the plastic grocery bags in the 1st place.......
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posted on
11/17/2010 10:21:39 AM PST
by
sniper63
(I am the leader of the TEA Party, I, myself am the leader of me, myself for I am the TEA Party!)
To: WebFocus
Are these the same idiots who insisted that we replace paper bags with plastic bags, to save the trees?
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posted on
11/17/2010 10:22:36 AM PST
by
YHAOS
(you betcha!)
To: US_MilitaryRules
What are people going to pick up their dogs crap with?Not just for dogs. They are wonderful for little baby bombs, as well. We also use them for garbage bags in the little bathroom trash cans. The ones the guests don't see, anyway.
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posted on
11/17/2010 10:23:23 AM PST
by
tnlibertarian
(Hey D. C., tax increases are not spending cuts. Nor do tax cuts constitute increased spending.)
To: sniper63
The tree huggers will come out enmasse and declare that we are destroying the Rain forest, just like they did in the 70's which brought about the plastic grocery bags in the 1st place...... their it is!!! I forgot about that one.
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posted on
11/17/2010 10:40:14 AM PST
by
ColdOne
(Repeal Healthcare......NO COMPROMISE.......ever!)
To: Ben Mugged
I know some people who work at WalMart, and they say reusable bags are a nightmare, especially when customers bring ‘em in infested with cockroaches.
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posted on
11/17/2010 10:46:06 AM PST
by
reagan_fanatic
(Now taking suggestions for a new screen name.)
To: reagan_fanatic
Paper bags are the same. Roaches lay their eggs in the bottom folds and customers take them home where the eggs hatch.
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posted on
11/17/2010 10:51:24 AM PST
by
Ben Mugged
(Your refusing to accept the facts doesn't change the facts. Matt Dillon)
To: Brookhaven
just remember that it was the consrvation LEFT that wanted to end PAPAER bags and all the trees they used. Now Calif. will be clear cutting forests again to solve this problem. Thos cloth bags have more germs and disease problems than anyone figured...that is why cloth went away in place of paper and then palstic to SAVE TEH TREES. HAH they forget why the do things like MTBE and Plastic bags.
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posted on
11/17/2010 11:10:08 AM PST
by
q_an_a
(a)
To: WebFocus
Considerably more energy is required to make a paper bag than a plastic one.
Considerably more energy is required to recycle a paper bag than a plastic one.
Considerably more landfill space is required to dispose of paper bags than is needed for plastic.
And once in that landfill, the carbon in the plastic will stay locked up for a thousand years while the carbon in paper will make it's way back into the atmosphere as greenhouse gas methane.
This illustrates once again how stupid and counterproductive you end up being when you allow emotion to drive your decision-making processes instead of logic and rational thought.
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posted on
11/17/2010 11:18:45 AM PST
by
Hoodat
( Don't touch my junk, Bro !)
To: rahbert
I have a soccer ball bag from Sports Authority that works great as a grocery bag (or laundry bag). Its a large bag made from net material, can be washed, and holds as much as you can carry.yeah, that's going to work real well with bags of chips and eggs mixed with meats, milk and bread. Then throw in some veggies and jars of condiments. Grocery shopping for 8 people is going to be just peachy. But it's California and really I could give a sh#t what they do there. I haven't been back in over 17 years except for a layover. I'm looking forward to the rest of the country being asked to bail out California.
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posted on
11/17/2010 12:07:59 PM PST
by
Dick Vomer
(Our President-A modest man, who has much to be modest about.)
To: Dick Vomer
Works for me since I live alone. But I wouldn’t live in CA
either due to gun laws, taxes, and my inability to understand why people vote for failure.
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posted on
11/17/2010 12:17:41 PM PST
by
rahbert
To: GraceG
I know what would piss them all off, while shopping buy a some Heftys kitchen trash bags and demand that your groceries be packed in them, when you get home you can re-use those bags as trash bags.
That would drive the libs standing in line INSANE! Now there's a thinking girl! Good idea.
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posted on
11/17/2010 1:11:47 PM PST
by
Vinnie
(You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Jihads You)
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