Is it just me or is everyone having trouble finding a place other than the trash can for plastic grocery bags? The New York City council may have done something to help.
The city council passed an important plastic bag recycling law in January 2008. Stores larger than 5,000 square feet will be required to provide plastic bag recycling bins in a prominent place. This is great news for NYC consumers who often have trouble finding a way to recycle plastic bags.
Plastic bags which can take up to 1,000 years to biodegrade, can be found almost anywhere in New York City if you look hard enough - slowly tumbling down New York City streets in a light wind, tangled in trees, or stuck in storm drains. Sadly the CMRC has readily found plastic bags floating in the ocean at public beaches, half buried in sand, or flying out of beach trash cans during wind gusts.
CMRC supporters: do your part to recycle plastic bags, join beach clean-ups, and do what you can to reduce plastic bag use!
A link to the legislation:
http://www.nyccouncil.info/html/legislation/legislation_details.cfm?ID=Int%200640-2007&TYPE=all&YEAR=2006&SPONSORS=YES&REPORTS=YES&HISTORY=YES
New York and California are leading the way:
http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS225842+30-Jan-2008+PRN20080130
The New York Times article about the legislation:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/10/nyregion/10bags.html
Plastics in the Pacific
http://www.triplepundit.com/pages/plastic-soup-debris-in-pacific-002937.php
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