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Los Angeles to ban plastic grocery bags by July 2010
Shoppers in Los Angeles will have to bring their own bags to the grocery store or pay 25 cents per biodegradable bag, beginning in July 2010.
The Los Angeles City Council voted Tuesday to institute the ban. The California state legislature is also considering a similar ban, which will supercede the city one as long as it includes the 25 cent price tag for paper bags provided to shoppers by grocery stores.
Only 5 percent of plastic bags and 21 percent of paper bags are currently recycled in California. The ban seeks to limit the amount of plastic bags dumped in landfills.
For more on the California bag ban, see this Associated Press story.
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