i'm sure FReepers what have plastic bags would be willing to send MI FReepers bags by the hundreds for only the cost of postage... they must weigh next to nothing and i get ten to fifteen a week!
anybody wants bags let me know
Posted on 06/03/2016 8:57:59 PM PDT by Darren McCarty
ANN ARBOR, MI — If you don't bring your own reusable bags when you go grocery shopping, it could cost you.
Washtenaw County commissioners voted 6-2 Wednesday night to approve a new carryout bag ordinance that imposes a 10-cent fee on consumers for every disposable bag they receive at retail grocery stores in the county.
That includes both paper and plastic.
The ordinance is intended to eliminate unnecessary waste and incentivize people to be more environmentally conscious.
However, there's pending state legislation that could take away the county's ability to impose such regulations.
Senate Bill 853 passed through the state Senate on May 10 and awaits approval from the state House.
The county plans to hold off on actively enforcing the new ordinance until Earth Day next year, which is April 22, 2017.
That gives retail grocery stores and consumers time to prepare for the implementation of the regulations.
The ordinance was opposed by Commissioners Dan Smith, R-Northfield Township, and Ronnie Peterson, D-Ypsilanti.
Ruth Ann Jamnick was absent.
(Excerpt) Read more at mlive.com ...
Why do bad or annoying rules or laws seem to spread and proliferate ? Logically, they should die out
Washtenaw County is the home of Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti. That’s all that needs to be said there.
We have had that here in Long beach for,several years
Ah, yes. Pasadena, CA, has been an ‘occupied territory’ for some time.We have to bring our own bags to the grocery store. We have bags full of bags in the car, look like homeless folks. I was visiting DIL in New Jersey and they GAVE us bags. It was quite exciting. “Always winter, never Christmas” with the libs. You can go down the street a ways and get them, too. It’s just a City ordinance. Idiots, all.
If I were a kid, I’d sell bags in parking lot for 5 cents.
Perhaps the county commissioners will not be re-elected. If they are, then the citizens must be getting what they want.
They tried this in Dallas County, Texas. It didn’t last long - people took their business elsewhere, other people sued based on state laws, and some companies complied by providing the EEEEEVIL paper bags that we long ago forsook because plastic was “more environment friendly” but that counted as ‘reusable’ under the law.
Yes. Ann Arbor at least seemed pretty crazy. Yipsi seemd to have more sensible people but that was awhile already
LMAO funny.....
First thing I thought of was, who decides how much goes into a bag? lol I mean, the county could control that, as well, to cost taxpayers more. The plastic bags are flimsy so, for heavier items, they would be charging for 2 just because they have an inferior bag? It is ridiculousness.
This is exactly what slum-dwellers in 3rd world nations have to do: carry their own cloth bags to the stores. Thanks, enviro-cultists.
i'm sure FReepers what have plastic bags would be willing to send MI FReepers bags by the hundreds for only the cost of postage... they must weigh next to nothing and i get ten to fifteen a week!
anybody wants bags let me know
It is not a bag tax. The 10 cents does not go to the city. It goes to the grocer or other store operator to offset the higher cost of providing a more costly paper bag or a reusable heavy plastic bag.
The bags actually cost about 7 cents each so the retailer picks up about 3 cents a bag but without an mechanism to cover future increases in bag costs, I suppose the 3 cents provides that buffer.
They put this in effect in our city and it is no problem. It is actually easier once you get the system down. Just keep a box in your car, transfer from the cart to the box.
For the benefit, this one is way worth it.
They better put a wall up and lock the people in like East Berlin.
So now I’d have to bring two bottles to get one bag.
Why is a bag worth more than a bottle?
How is paying 10 cents for a bag going to prevent that bag from hurting the environment? It can still end up in the ocean.
I won’t be surprised to find that the quality of the bags will be so cheap and flimsy, with holes in the bottom that they won’t be able to be reused and double bagging will be needed.
Amazon Pantry is much easier.
I think it’s a good idea. Those ubiquitous plastic bags end up in the ocean or in landfills.
Just because you’re a Conservative, doesn’t mean you shouldn’t care about the environment.
From a libertarian perspective, one could argue that you should keep your plastic bags to yourself and not have the right to deliver them to the waste stream.
Basically, stop being lazy and bring your own bags!
(Which is what I try to do, but I still accept them, most of the time)
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