Bag Bans Proposed In RI - What Do You Think?
Bristol might follow Barrington's lead, Providence Rep. proposes state-wide ban.
Plastic bags, a retail staple conveying purchases from shoes to groceries, endanger wildlife, comprise the majority of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a swirling mass of seaborne junk — and may be banned in Rhode Island. Barrington passed a local ban on plastic bags in October that took effect Jan. 1. Bristol is considering a ban as well, though a vote on the matter has been postponed for further study. Rep. Maria Cimini (D-Dist. 7, Providence) is proposing her own state-wide ban of the bags, H-5403. "With Narragansett Bay, hundreds of miles of coastline, dozens of islands, and hundreds of bodies of water including rivers, ponds, and lakes, Rhode Island faces a real threat from plastic pollution. Single-use plastic checkout bags are a …
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Craig Civic
6:46 pm on Wednesday, April 10, 2013
All for the bottle bill but it is a tough road here in RI to get it passed. There are some reasons why distributors and bottlers don't want to deal with it and it is usually because the state ends up making it a money maker for THEM and not those companies. They can't pocket the .5C for the cans/bottles that DON'T come back. I know in CT, MA, etc...they actually have to give the $$ to the State(s… more ›