May 24, 2012
Los Angeles has become the largest city in America to approve a ban on plastic grocery bags at checkout lines. The council had decided not to move forward on a proposed ban of paper grocery bags.
This decision starts a 4 month environmental review of the ban before the ordinance will be put into effect. Stores would then have 6 - 12 months to phase out the bags, depending on the size of the store. After one year, stores would be required to charge an additional 10 cents per paper bag that is given out during the checkout process.
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