Looking for an environmentally safe way to bring home your spotted owl steaks and baby seal sausages? Once again the hometown of speaker Nancy Pelosi has the answer.
"SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - City leaders approved a ban on plastic grocery bags after weeks of lobbying on both sides from environmentalists and a supermarket trade group. If Mayor Gavin Newsom signs the ban as expected, San Francisco would be the first U.S. city to adopt such a rule. The law, passed by a 10-1 vote, requires large markets and drug stores to give customers only a choice among bags made of paper that can be recycled, plastic that breaks down easily enough to be made into compost, or reusable cloth. San Francisco supervisors and supporters said that by banning the petroleum-based sacks, blamed for littering streets and choking marine life, the measure would go a long way toward helping the city earn its green stripes."
Apparently this has been a real source of worry for those who lean green . . .
"The new breed of bags "offers consumers a way out of a false choice, a way out of the paper or plastic dilemma," Noble said."
Comments (3)
Why does the FRC care what I local community decides to do?
Looks like another "non-partisan" attempt to bash the Speaker of the House.
Nope, you guys aren't a tool of the GOP at all. Not one bit.
March 28, 2007 5:56 PM | Comment Permalink
I hope they sleep better now.
That must be a really bored city council.
March 28, 2007 11:30 PM | Comment Permalink
Good. Plastic bags can be recycled, but the yield is fairly poor, as as they are designed to be disposable the fast majority end up either in the trash or abandoned as litter. Paper bags are a little more friendly (they are made from recycled paper, usually) and very recyclable. The cloth bags will last for years, and have the substantial advantage of being resistant to splitting and tearing in a shower of broken jars and food. I cant comment on the degradable bags.
I dont know what the environmental impact will be - im guessing positive but slight. I can see its going to reduce the level of litter a bit though. Now if someone could just produce biodegradable cristp-packets...
March 29, 2007 5:58 AM | Comment Permalink