A plastic bag recycling law has been approved by the California State Assembly and will now be under consideration by the state Senate, according to a report in the North County Times (
Assemblyman Lloyd Levine, D-Los Angeles, has introduced Assembly Bill 2058, which would require stores to reduce their use of plastic bags by 70 percent, as measured by weight, by 2010. Or, stores would have to charge 25 cents per bag issued as of Jan. 1, 2011.
The bill was approved by the Assembly by a 42-31 vote, according to the report. It will now go to the Senate for review by the Environmental Quality Committee.
The proposed legislation would apply to stores that sell grocery and pharmaceutical products.
More information is available at www.assembly.ca.gov.
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