(CT) Lawmakers differ on approaches to ban plastic bags

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[matt04]

Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle differ on the approaches to ban plastic bags.

Lawmakers met in Hartford on Monday morning to discuss how to go about banning plastic bags in the state of Connecticut. About a dozen cities and towns have banned bags or are considering a ban.

Channel 3 met with dozens of people who agree that plastic bags are bad for the environment, but many can't seem to agree on the best way to ban them.

A public hearing on a proposed tax on plastic bags heard two bills. One bill would require stores to charge customers five cents per bag for single-use plastic bags, if passed. Governor Ned Lamont has called for it be raised to 10 cents.

Another bill would ban plastic bags completely within a two year period, forcing shoppers to use paper bags or bring reusable ones.

A group of seventh graders from West Hartford joined in the discussion on Monday proposing an immediate halt.

"We want it to go to a screeching halt," said seventh grader, Evan Piccioli. "We want to stop the plastic from getting into the waste stream because it hurts animals and it closes recycling plants."

And while paper bags may be a solution, the students said it may not be the best one as paper bags are more expensive.

"While its recyclable," said seventh grader, Charlotte Tucker. "It still ends up in the oceans and it's actually in the top ten things that end up in the great pacific garbage patch."

[TigersEye]

The only reason we have plastic bags is because the azzhoes banned paper bags most places.

Thanks to the same brilliant eco-nazis who have been fear-mongering GlobalCooling-GlobalWarming-ClimateChange for the last 50 years.

[Graybeard58]

Sure, let’s use cloth “reusable” bags, which promotes E Coli and other food-borne pathogens because the envirowackos are too lazy to wash the bags.

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I even wash the tops of canned goods, with bleachy hot water before opening them. Do think that’s going too far?

[The Antiyuppie]

“They are all stained, probably never have been washed, etc.”

The cloth bags or the lefties?

[Truthoverpower]

Banning plastic bags is probably the second stupidest thing the politicians ever did

The first number one incredibly stupid thing politicians did try to “save the planet” was forcing everybody to use those stupid curly cue lamps all of which have 40 to 60 mg of gaseous mercury in them and would poison anybody that ever gets exposed to it

In addition there so nasty that 15% of people can’t even be around them

I dare you to even try to ever stare at one of those stupid curly cue lamps
For 10 seconds

[ZagFan]

My local grocery store has the best plastic bags. They’re bigger and stronger than Safeway or Krogers. I always say “plastic” when asked because I use them for my kitchen trash can and yard waste.

I recently asked the clerk if I could buy some, since our state is considering banning them. It turns out all of their bags are for sale. I bought a group of 50 for $2—4cents a bag. Well worth it. I’m hoping they’ll still have them for sale even with the ban.

[Daaave]

I can find many uses for old plastic shopping bags. Like lining small garbage cans. Or storing odds and ends in them. That kind of stuff. I guess we'll soon have to find something else to replace them.

[vannrox]

Added to the post. If you have other things that the Democrats want to ban, please send me a message.

[sheana]

California banned plastic bags a couple of years ago. I still buy them off Amazon by the case. I use them for dog poo and garbage bags in the small trash cans around the house. I use the reusable plastic bags for groceries but here everyone just switched to the thick plastic bags which I’m sure take a lot longer to break down than the one use ones. The one thing I’ve noticed is I don’t see the thin plastic bags all over the place anymore. That’s about the only difference.