City Council voted against the plastic bag ban the Committee on the Environment passed last week. According to Philly.com, Councilman Frank
Word is that protesters such as ShopRite and the plastics industry lobbied against the bill, causing its demise. Opponents to the bill claimed that banning plastic bags would force many stores to use paper, which “has an even greater environmental impact.” (this is debatable, but the eco-friendliest option is to BYO(re-usable)B.)
Mayor Nutter better get cracking on this if he wants Philadelphia to be an environmental pioneer – Other cities are ahead of us with similar bans.
Ironically, today is also Mark Alan’s Hughes last day as Director of Sustainability.
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