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Manufacturers Begin Process to Overturn California’s Plastic Bag Ban
October 14, 2014
Manufacturers Begin Process to Overturn California’s Plastic Bag Ban
Plastic bag manufacturers can now begin collecting signatures for a vote to overturn California’s ban on single-use plastic shopping bags, the Associated Press reports.
Last week, Gov. Jerry Brown signed the statewide law ? the first in the US ? that institutes a plastic bag ban beginning in 2015 for grocery store carry-out bags and creates a mandatory minimum 10-cent fee for recycled paper, reusable plastic and compostable bags.
Read more at Environmental Leader.
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