Outlaw the plastic bag?
Beginning in November, traditional plastic shopping bags and Styrofoam containers will be illegal in San Francisco and San Francisco County. Stores will be required to use bags made from compostable plastic, paper or canvas, and all food containers must also be biodegradable, compostable or recyclable. Portland, Ore.; Boston; Baltimore and other cities and counties are considering similar laws.
Are those laws a good way to reduce litter and promote the use of recyclable material?
Please send your responses to Ed Brock at [email protected]. Include your name, title and the organization with which you work. American City & County will print some of the responses.
Click https://americancityandcounty.com/webonly/July_Web_Platform/ to see how readers responded to the July Platform question: Has the Governmental Accounting Standards Board gone too far by requiring governments to disclose their expected costs for retired workers’ health care?
