[Iowa-dx] Fwd: SF supes vote to ban plastic bags in stores

[Iowa GreenRon]

The way that plastic grocery bags kill many marine animals is that
they resemble jelly fish, a prime staple in the diet of many birds
and fish.  These bags then do not digest in the stomach, and
thus, they clog the foodway and build up until the animal feels
"full", so they starve to death.  These plastic murder weapons
also clog the gills and block the air passageways of birds.

The same is true with cigarette butts, "popcorn" styrofoam
packing material, and other small items of trash that are so
callously discarded to the ground by humans.

Ron Kinum
a.k.a. Libris Fidelis

>From: hhart@blue.weeg.uiowa.edu
>To: iowa-dx@gp-us.org
>Subject: [Iowa-dx] Fwd:  SF supes vote to ban plastic bags in stores
>Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2007 21:19:47 -0500
>
>(Mirkarimi is a Green)
>
>  SF supes vote to ban plastic bags in stores
>
>Charlie Goodyear, Chronicle Staff Writer <mailto:cgoodyear@sfchronicle.com>
>
>Tuesday, March 27, 2007
>
>San Francisco Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi hands out canvas ...
><http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?f=/c/a/2007/03/27/BAG1ROSLSG4.DTL&o=0>
>
>
>*(03-27) 14:45 PDT SAN FRANCISCO* -- San Francisco's Board of
>Supervisors voted 10-1 this afternoon to make the city the first in the
>nation to prohibit petroleum-based plastic checkout bags in large
>markets and pharmacies.
>
>On the first of two votes needed for final passage, supervisors approved
>legislation sponsored by Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi that would mandate
>the use of biodegradable plastic bags or recyclable paper bags. The
>legislation would take effect in about six months for some 50 large
>markets in San Francisco and would apply in about 12 months to large
>drugstore chains such as Walgreen's and Rite-Aid.
>
>"Hopefully, other cities and states will follow suit," said Mirkarimi.
>
>Mirkarimi introduced his legislation earlier this year after the
>collapse of an agreement between the California Grocers Association and
>the city. That agreement was supposed to reduce by 10 million the
>estimated 180 million plastic bags distributed to shoppers in 2006. The
>grocers association said it cut use of the bags by 7.6 million but the
>city said those figures were unreliable.
>
>Aside from the petroleum required to manufacture them, plastic bags are
>blamed for gumming up recycling machines, taking up space in landfills
>and killing or sickening marine mammals.
>
>The grocers association argues that it already has plastic bag recycling
>centers operating in many large markets and that new compostable bags
>could confuse recycling efforts.
>
>Supervisor Ed Jew, who said he has heard from constituents wondering why
>supervisors have spent so much time on the issue of plastic bags, was
>the only member to vote against the legislation.
>
>/E-mail Charlie Goodyear at cgoodyear@sfchronicle.com
><mailto:cgoodyear@sfchronicle.com>/
>
>
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