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US This is the most recent version of this article. View article history. MORE US NEWS San Francisco Passes Plastic-Bag Ban Printer Friendly | PDF | Email Mar 28, 2007 9:53 AM (17 days ago) Font Size: a a A A By LISA LEFF, AP Current rank: Not ranked

SAN FRANCISCO (Map, News) - City leaders approved a ban on plastic grocery bags after weeks of lobbying on both sides from environmentalists and a supermarket trade group. San Francisco would be the first U.S. city to adopt such a rule if Mayor Gavin Newsom signs the ban as expected. Storm Blamed for 5 Deaths Heads East

The law, approved 10-1, requires large markets and drug stores to Suspect Arrested After Okla. Standoff (AP Photo/Ben Margot) offer customers bags made of paper that can be recycled, plastic Returning Troops Face Obstacles to Care Women shoppers walk with plastic bags that breaks down easily enough to be made into compost, or Tuesday, March 27, 2007, in the reusable cloth. Driver in Corzine Crash Not Charged Chinatown district of San Francisco. San Francisco's Board of Supervisors today will 'Tiny Bubbles' Singer Don Ho Dies at 76 San Francisco supervisors and supporters said that by banning the consider passing an ordinance that would Man Who Ran Ring of Brothels Sentenced require large supermarkets and petroleum-based sacks, blamed for littering streets and choking pharmacies in the city to replace non- marine life, the measure would go a long way toward helping the Chemical on Playground Burns Boy, Age 2 biodegradable plastic bags with reusable city earn its green stripes. or recyclable bags, a move that would Global Warming Protests Begin Saturday make San Francisco the first city in the "Hopefully, other cities and states will follow suit," said Supervisor U.S. to introduce such a ban. Supervisor Calif. Probes Animal Rescue Group Ross Mirkarimi, who sponsored the original Ross Mirkarimi, who crafted the ban after trying to get a 15-cent per version of the ordinance, said the proposal bag tax passed in 2005. Plastic Bags & Equipments has the support of most supervisors, the Your Complete Packaging Center! Stock Bags, Labels, city's garbage disposal contractor, and The 50 grocery stores that would be most affected by the law argued Sealers, Custom even many smaller retailers, who won't that the ban was not reasonable because plastic bags made of corn www.PlasticBagsForYou.com have to comply with the ban. byproducts are a relatively new, expensive and untested product. Plastic Bag Some said they might offer only paper bags at checkout. Five Great Providers Of Plastic Bag www.5greatest.com

"I think what grocers will do now that this has passed is, they will review all their options and decide Low Cost Garbage Bags what they think works best for them economically," said David Heylen, a spokesman for the California Buy Recyclable Bags In All Sizes! Get Bag Same Day Grocers Association. with Free Shipping PlasticPlace.net Your Custom Bags Newsom supported the measure. The switch is scheduled to take effect in six months for grocery Quality price, quick turn around bags of all shapes and stores and in one year for pharmacies. sizes www.yourcustombags.com Craig Noble, a spokesman for the Natural Resources Defense Council, said it would be disappointing if grocers rejected the biodegradable plastic bag option, since more trees would have to be cut down if paper bag use increases.

The new breed of bags "offers consumers a way out of a false choice, a way out of the paper or plastic dilemma," Noble said.

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