Jul 03 2007
Paper or Plastic?
San Francisco Nears Ban on Plastic Grocery Bags
San Francisco may be on the verge of becoming the first city in the country to ban plastic shopping bags because they’re bad for the environment.
Some experts say the bags are one of the biggest sources of pollution in the city. By some estimates, San Francisco markets generate $200 million of them every year.
County Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi wants to banish the bags from the city once and for all.
He said, “What it takes in petroleum use to make these polyethylene plastic bags, and the cost to discard these bags, begs the larger question: what are we going to do about the hazards and the environmental adverse effects of these plastic bags?”
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