December 12, 2013 – Los Angeles Daily News –
The human impact of a statewide plastic bag ban in California is real. One needs to look no further than my employees to see what the negative implications would be. If passed, the dedicated 300-person team at Crown Poly in Huntington Park would struggle, as jobs would certainly be lost.
More »December 4, 2013 – Mercer Island Reporter –
As with all policy debates, it is important that facts and science drive the discussion on plastic bags. The Mercer Island City Council is currently considering a ban on highly reused and 100% recyclable plastic bags and a five-cent fee on paper bags. This is a move that will fail to accomplish any environmental goal, will actually turn shoppers to environmentally-inferior alternatives and will jeopardize the local economy.
More »December 2, 2013 – San Jose Mercury News –
As general manager of Crown Poly, a California plastic bag manufacturer, I found a recent op-ed by Sen. Kevin de León (“Plastic bag ban need not destroy jobs,” Nov. 21) confusing. De León suggests a policy goal of banning plastic bags while protecting California manufacturing jobs. These two goals are in direct conflict.
More »November 19, 2013 – San Antonio Express News –
A photo was published in the San Antonio Express-News accompanying an article describing San Antonio City Council member Chris Medina’s proposal to ban plastic bags.
More »November 18, 2013 – Sacramento Bee –
Re “Plastic bag ban makes sense for all of California” (Editorials, Nov. 14): This editorial tries to stick a plastic bag ban down the throats of Californians. Banning plastic bags would be a job killer for the companies and workers who manufacture the bags, and if the media successfully force this ban through statewide, we will have to use cloth bags that could cause disease through E. coli winding up on the fruits and vegetables. Californians would get sick from E. coli and other bacteria-related contamination on their food if plastic bags were banned statewide.
More »November 18, 2013 – Sacramento Bee –
Re “Plastic bag ban makes sense for all of California” (Editorials, Nov. 14): I’m one of those not-so-strange people who reuse plastic bags for trash cans, for dog potty bags and for packaging and carrying things. From what I understand, plastic bags use fewer natural resources when the bags are produced and use less fuel to transport. Some varieties are biodegradable. Those multiuse bags can get quite unsanitary unless people wash them out regularly, which they don’t. What this should really be about is user education. We have a disposable, cavalier society. That’s what needs to change, not banning plastic bags.
More »November 10, 2013 – Nashoba Publishing –
America Recycles Day is a national campaign, celebrated every year on Nov. 15, that encourages Americans to promote the social, environmental and economic benefits of recycling. Since the United States does not have a national law that mandates recycling and because it is left up to local jurisdictions, more effort is needed to educate and encourage communities.
More »November 5, 2013 – The Durango Herald –
Durango voters Tuesday repealed a City Council ordinance that would have charged shoppers 10 cents for each disposable bag they carry away from grocery stores. The fee was intended to encourage shoppers to bring reusable bags, but it was seen by opponents as nanny-state meddling.
More »November 3, 2013 – The Durango Herald –
Durango contributes much to Colorado’s national leadership on sustainability issues. From Durango’s Green Power Partnership with the Environmental Protection Agency to major efforts in water conservation, the city has a dynamic and holistic approach to sustaining the environment. It is no surprise then that Durango has begun discussing how to responsibly manage plastic bags at the end of their life cycle.
More »October 30, 2013 – The Denver Post –
The Denver City Council has been discussing the idea of imposing a fee on grocery bags at city stores for the last several months. During this time, I’ve had the opportunity to speak with a number of councilmembers, city staff and key stakeholders to share some information and the perspective of the plastic bag manufacturing and recycling industry about the unfair impacts of this policy proposal.
More »
Bag the Ban is brought to you by the American Recyclable Plastic Bag Alliance.
©2019, American Recyclable Plastic Bag Alliance. Read our privacy policy.