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California Becomes First State to Ban Plastic Bags
ABC News ^ | September 30, 2014 | By FENIT NIRAPPIL

Posted on 09/30/2014 9:50:39 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

Gov. Jerry Brown has signed legislation imposing the nation's first statewide ban on single-use plastic bags.

Plastic bags will be phased out of large grocery stores starting next year and convenience stores and pharmacies in 2016. The legislation is meant to encourage consumers to bring their own bags and as a way to reduce litter.

(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: bagban; california
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I knew all those cloth bags I got at conventions during the 1990’s will finally find some decent use.


101 posted on 09/30/2014 12:03:15 PM PDT by RayChuang88 (FairTax: America's economic cure)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

All this worrying about plastic bags. What about plastic disposable diapers? Not a peep from the enviro-nuts. But you just see, soon governor Moonbeam will dictate that we use paper diapers.


102 posted on 09/30/2014 12:06:07 PM PDT by roadcat
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To: jeannineinsd
She thought the store would move to all prepackaged produce.

Which will potentially put even MORE plastic into the landfills. Along with Styrofoam. Way to go, Libs!


103 posted on 09/30/2014 12:15:58 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: John O
The easy solution is to gather all your food waste into a plastic bag, take a drive down to the more liberal places of town, and dump it out when nobody is looking.

the front steps of the California Governor's Mansion sounds like a great place to start


104 posted on 09/30/2014 12:17:20 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Just read an article that said the plastic bag industry in CA are promising to wage war & start a petition/referendum for Nov 2016. If they get enough signatures, good chance this ban get overturned.
They’ve already hired this firm to manage the petition/signature drive: http://www.aboutnpm.com/
They have a good track record.


105 posted on 09/30/2014 12:28:00 PM PDT by rainee (Her)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
They're not 'single use' for me. I use the bags for regular trash bags, instead of buying trash can liners. This trash can from the Container Store makes my trash life easy, and clean. Sheesh ...

Full disclaimer ... I no longer live in California, thankfully.

106 posted on 09/30/2014 12:28:56 PM PDT by RightField (one of the obstreperous citizens insisting on incorrect thinking - C. Krauthamer)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Wasn’t it California that first wanted us to stop using paper bags and start using plastic? I lived there at the time and remember the envirowackos told us how the trees were being sacrificed for our shopping convenience.


107 posted on 09/30/2014 12:31:24 PM PDT by RightField (one of the obstreperous citizens insisting on incorrect thinking - C. Krauthamer)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I expect jerry “moonbeam” brown to extend the ban to hospital single-use plastic containers before the end of October.


108 posted on 09/30/2014 12:46:59 PM PDT by clearcarbon
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Go long plastic bag manufacturers. On Amazon Prime 1000 ct 26.46 no shipping or taxes levied. Unit cost 0.026 sell them to friends and relatives for .05 50% cheaper than what stores charge. Markup 92% Thank you Jerry Brown. Become a bag millionaire in your spare time http://www.amazon.com/T-Shirt-Carryout-Bags—Thank-Gracias/dp/B0025W9ALG/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1412109494&sr=8-3&keywords=plastic+shopping+bags


109 posted on 09/30/2014 1:37:50 PM PDT by Polynikes (What would Walt Kowalski do. In the meantime "GET OFF MY LAWN")
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

wasn’t california one of the first ones (back in the ‘80’s) to suggest banning paper bags in favor of plastic ones...

saving the forests and all that....

looney friggin tunes..


110 posted on 09/30/2014 2:13:19 PM PDT by joe fonebone (a socialist is just a juvenile communist)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

People walk in carrying their own bags and walk out with the same bags full of stuff without paying for it.


111 posted on 09/30/2014 2:55:27 PM PDT by Excellence (Marine mom since April 11, 2014)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

Plastic trash bags will still be around. This only counts for the bags the grocery stores put your groceries in.


112 posted on 09/30/2014 2:56:59 PM PDT by Excellence (Marine mom since April 11, 2014)
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To: LALALAW

I’d love to. Where do we get the money to do it?


113 posted on 09/30/2014 3:01:04 PM PDT by Excellence (Marine mom since April 11, 2014)
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To: rainee

Do you have a link to the article?


114 posted on 09/30/2014 3:05:24 PM PDT by Excellence (Marine mom since April 11, 2014)
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To: Excellence

http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-California/2014/09/30/Historic-CA-Plastic-Bag-Ban-Bill-Likely-Headed-To-Voters-in-2016


115 posted on 09/30/2014 3:23:21 PM PDT by rainee (Her)
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To: rainee

That’s good news. Thanks for forwarding that to me.


116 posted on 09/30/2014 5:19:02 PM PDT by Excellence (Marine mom since April 11, 2014)
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