I know the plastic ban sounds stupid but I think, if I am remembering my SF experience correctly, the bags that the plastic bags replace are almost totally similar except that they bio-degradable.

Tsk tsk on the MSM for not giving us key information as to what a plastic bag ban would actually entail. I hate when they leave the details out and just focus on the "story" and leave us all hanging.
Leonardo | 06.10.07 - 1:16 am | #

i just now noticed i switched the links, so click through my energy link to read the plastic bag article....but i'll excerpt the important part

Under the proposed Annapolis ordinance, scheduled to be introduced July 9, all stores would have to issue recyclable paper bags, or customers would have to provide their own reusable bags. Retailers would face up to $500 in fines for issuing plastic bags.

Shropshire said San Francisco's law, which covers only large retailers and allows plastic bags made of corn starch, didn't go far enough.

"What we need for the improvement of the Chesapeake Bay and tributaries is some radical legislation," he said. "Annapolis needs to set an example as the capital city and look at new alternatives."

link fixed
Rob | Homepage | 06.10.07 - 2:05 am | #