February 11, 2015 – Dallas Observer Blog –
7-Eleven, the store where bums wait outside by the Redbox to harrass you for change after you buy yourself a $1 slice of something pizza-like, is suddenly trying to act like it’s all fancy. The convenience chain is charging Dallas customers a whole 15 cents if they need to carry their groceries out in a plastic bag. Under the Great Dallas Bag Ordinance of 2015, stores were supposed to charge us only 5 cents for single-use carryout bags, a charge that has caused great pain and wailing among many First World shoppers.
More »February 2, 2015 – Iowa Grocery Industry Association –
Santa Fe’s ban on plastic bags isn’t making the city greener. Less than a year after formally implemented the ban, the City Council is now looking for a more effective solution. As recent studies have shown, instead of bringing reusable bags on their shopping trips, Santa Fe citizens have simply traded plastic for paper – nullifying the law’s sustainability objectives.
More »January 21, 2015 – Breitbart –
On Tuesday night, on an overwhelming 6-1 vote, the city council of Huntington Beach, California–which is officially known as “Surf City, USA“–directed the city staff to begin the process of repealing a policy that bans the use of plastic grocery bags, and requires grocery stores to charge a ten-cent fee on paper bags.
More »January 21, 2015 – Kirkland Reporter –
“Borderline comical.” As members of the Kirkland City council consider banning plastic grocery bags, they should keep those words in mind.
More »January 19, 2015 – WFAA –
We definitely hit a nerve when one of our producers posted a video on Facebook about confusion over Dallas’ new ordinance on disposable bags.
More »January 13, 2015 – Huntington Beach Independent –
A newly elected Huntington Beach City Council member is looking to remove one of the most highly debated city ordinances of the past five years.
More »January 8, 2015 – My FOX Austin –
Governor-elect Greg Abbott won’t be sworn in for another week and a half but already he’s proposing sweeping changes to the way local government passes laws.
More »December 28, 2014 –
The American Progressive Bag Alliance (APBA) issued the following update from Executive Director Lee Califf on the signature gathering effort to qualify a referendum against SB 270.
More »November 16, 2014 – Crains New York –
In advance of a City Council hearing Wednesday on a proposed 10-cent fee on plastic and paper shopping bags, opponents of the bill are conducting a tour Tuesday of small businesses in Brooklyn that they claim would be hurt by it.
More »November 6, 2014 – In the Hopper –
Given the sky-high cost of living in New York, among the highest in the country, the average consumer doesn’t have a lot of money to spare. This is particularly true in the outer boroughs, which are home to some of the poorest congressional districts in the country. So it’s disappointing that the Big Apple is the latest metropolis to contemplate misguided legislation to tax plastic grocery bags in an attempt to address litter.
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