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What would have been the first bill to support a statewide ban on plastic bags, failed late Tuesday evening. The bill was rejected after a debate over whether the state was overstepping their boundaries in trying to oppress the personal choice of residents.
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Seattle is Jumping On the Bag Ban Wagon
Seattle, WA may be the next city to ban plastic bags, as a clear and more simplistic ordinance is presented to the community.
The local environmental community is urging the Seattle City Council to consider a ban on plastic bags. Although nothing has been put into effect yet, the council members have been in talks with grocers and retailers to plan a better assimilation of the ban than the failed 2008 city effort to charge 20-cent fees for paper and plastic bags. In the last three years Environmentalists have found stronger evidence that plastic bags clog landfills, effect shorebirds and marine life, and although they may breakdown into smaller pieces over time — they never truly decompose. Along with community members of Seattle, the People of Puget Sound, the Sierra Club and the Surfrider Foundation are also in support of the plastic bag ban.
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