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Plastic bag ban could cost consumers (Austin, TX)
kxan.com ^ | Dec. 15, 2011 | Doug Shupe

Posted on 12/15/2011 12:39:05 PM PST by bgill

The idea is to eliminate these types of plastic bags and certain types of paper bags from our landfills. To do that, the city is considering charging customers for these types of bags for three years, then eventually banning them from many stores across the city... The city's draft ordinance includes an education campaign for the public throughout all of next year, For three years after, the proposal includes retailers charge customers without a Lone Star Card, a 25 cent surcharge for each plastic or paper bag.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: foodstamps; government; treehuggers
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To: bgill

India has the ultimate idea in recycling. They make bags out of children’s used school papers. You buy a pound of sugar and then can read a kid’s spelling lesson on the side of the package. The liberals wouldn’t go for this because adults would actually find out what the kids are learning! :-)


21 posted on 12/15/2011 2:50:53 PM PST by Madam Theophilus
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To: bgill

While I have seen “green” reusable bags made out of recycled materials, most are pretty flimsy and will soon end up in landfills anyway. Some heavier bags, particularly those that are insulated, may not be recyclable at all and may be made of plastics from oil. What ever happened to those biodegradable bags made from corn starch? When I was a kid, the local grocery store packed your groceries in re-used boxes.


22 posted on 12/15/2011 3:05:01 PM PST by The Great RJ ("The problem with socialism is that pretty soon you run out of other people's money" M. Thatcher)
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To: aimhigh

My company puts more plastic wrap and equipment packaging in one day in dumpsters than an entire city tosses in the way of plastic shopping bags in the garbage. If the plastic is so terrible, come with a way to make something good from it. I bet it would make a good fuel for generating electricity.


23 posted on 12/15/2011 5:15:22 PM PST by jonrick46 (2012 can't come soon enough.)
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To: GunRunner
I’m glad I live in Williamson County.

I used to live in Anderson Mill - like five houses from the Travis county line. The reason we moved was because of drug use at the elementary school when our daughter was getting ready to start school. If you are listening to KLBJ in Austin, they also want people to quit putting food leftovers into the garbage disposals too.

24 posted on 12/16/2011 5:19:23 AM PST by Arrowhead1952 (Dear God, thanks for the rain, but please let it rain more in Texas. Amen.)
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To: bgill

In my neck of the woods, this type of plan goes into effect Jan. 1, though it’s only 5 cents per bag.

They have the never to call it a “fee” and deny it’s a tax, when it’s about the clearest example of an excise tax as you’ll ever see.


25 posted on 12/16/2011 5:25:24 AM PST by kevkrom (Separation of Business and State)
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To: Signalman
Using plastic bags saves trees

In Maine, unless somebody kept it cleared, we'd have a tree every square foot. Come take some of them please.

26 posted on 12/16/2011 5:32:44 AM PST by ROCKLOBSTER ( Celebrate Republicans Freed the Slaves Month.)
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To: jonrick46
I bet it would make a good fuel for generating electricity.

Same with tires, to make both clean heat and power.

See: Gasification

27 posted on 12/16/2011 5:41:46 AM PST by ROCKLOBSTER ( Celebrate Republicans Freed the Slaves Month.)
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