Plastic bags could possible become a thing of the past as California's State Senate has passed a bill to banned plastic bags at a statewide level. California will be the first state to ban plastic bags as a whole. The Los Angeles Times has put out an article about the new legislation that was passed last week and is awaiting the signature of Governor Jerry Brown. The article tells us that some cities and counties in California have already banned the use of one time, non reusable, plastic bags and charge customers for paper bags. This new legislation like always has its supporters and those that oppose it.
The banned on plastic bags would not limit those bags that are plastic and reusable to be used at stores but would come at a cost to the customer. Paper bags would also come to a price to consumers as to encourage people to bring their own reusable grocery bags. The bill requires the The bill would go into effect starting July of 2015 if signed by the governor of California.
Those that support the bill, according to the Los Angeles Times article, are environmentalist groups and the opposition are bag making groups called the American Progressive Bag Alliance. The article goes on to discuss the two sides of the argument with the supporters explaining the benefit of using reusable bags and the opposition making claims about job loss and how people use those plastic bags around their home.
Article link: http://www.latimes.com/local/political/la-me-pc-lawmakers-governor-ban-plastic-bags-20140828-story.html
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