L.A. Readies Plastic Bag Ban

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The Weekly Standard Blog:

Won't reduce litter, only jobs.

DANIEL HALPER

5/7/12

 

This month, the Los Angeles city council is expected to ban single-use plastic bags. “[T]he ban is an attempt by the city to reduce litter,” says the Los Angeles Daily News. But it is likely to reduce something else: jobs.

 

“[A] city ban could prompt the layoff of between 20 and 130 employees” at Crown Poly, a plastic bag manufacturer in L.A., according to the Los Angeles Times. Hundreds more could be at risk in the city.

 

In response to the likely ban, at risk employees have been in front the city council, explaining their argument for keeping bags legal. This video shows what they told the council and how they were received:

 

 

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Austin has voted in this stupid ban. Luckily there are lots of stores right around here just outside the city limits. Those plastic/cloth reusable bags likely use more resources anyway as one should wash them every couple of months (at least).