Los Angeles County businessman Hayden Hess questions the wisdom of L.A. County’s new ban on plastic bags.
In the LA Times, LA City Council members are quoted as saying, “City Council members cited concerns that the flimsy disposable bags often end up on city streets and eventually find their way to the ocean, where they threaten fish and wildlife.”
Hayden Hess, Businessman
According to Mr. Hess, in an article in Newswire, “This is not the first ban on a plastic item. Similar plastic bag bans have been implemented in San Francisco, California, as well as Portland, Oregon. New York City is in the process of a ban on disposable plastic-foam food containers. If passed, this law would ban any use of foam styrene (Styrofoam) containers in the food industry. The law is set to take effect on July 1st, 2015. The plastic ban is not just in the United States either. Modbury, England, was the first town to ban plastic bags in England”.
The article points out that plastic bags use less energy and much less natural resources to produce than the traditional paper bag. “The small amount of plastic used (actual weight) to produce a plastic bag is so low in comparison to paper sacks, and the long term reusability of a plastic bag, paper bags have become less popular.”
The article concludes with a plea for recycling and common sense – the lack of which is the real basis for pollution.
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