Westport, Connecticut, recently joined a small but growing number of communities to ban the use of free plastic shopping bags within its borders. The new ordinance, which goes into effect early next year, would impose a $150 fine on any store that offers such bags.
WestportNow.com reports that citizens attending the Representative Town Meeting (RTM) vote on the ban overwhelmingly supported the measure. The RTM eventually voted 26 to 5 (with one abstention) in favor of the ordinance, and also rejected a proposal that would have made the ban effective only through Sept. 19 of next year.
Other towns across the U.S. that have adopted similar bans include Los Angeles (effective 2010); Seattle (a 20-tax on plastic bags to be phased in starting next year); San Francisco; and Manhattan Beach, California. Other communities eyeing restrictions on free plastic shopping bags include Baltimore and Boise; although a ban on the Big Island in Hawaii was recently vetoed by the acting mayor.
You can read more about the new Connecticut ban at WestportNow.com.
What do you want to bet that Westport will see an increase in dog poop left behind on their streetsides. They’re cutting off everyone’s supply of doggy poopbags.
Yes this is more like it..Ban the Bag!!
Buy a poopa scooper