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Plastic Bag Bar Defeat Though Lobbying The Plastic Industry In California
A California plastic ban was rejected by the state senate on Wednesday. The ban, in a state that is acknowledged for setting nationwide trends, was supported by grocers, retailers and Republican governor Arnold Schwartzenegger. There was one group fighting for the ban. This contains the business of plastic lobbyists. Use of plastic grocery bags has rapidly increased worldwide. Plastic bags are killing an incredible number of birds and marine animals because they can’t degrade. That is why human health problems are being raised. Those opposed to the ban on plastic bags in California think it just gives consumers a burden.
Plastic bag difficulties in California
If the bill would have passed, stores in The Golden State would have to stop using plastic bags. The public started noticing plastic hazards making it so the bill came about, says the Silicon Valley Mercury News. According to the environmental group Save the Bay, 1 million plastic bags pollute San Francisco Bay each year. 19 billion plastic bags are used by Californians, says the state official, each and every year. Collecting plastic bags for landfills costs the state a lot. In fact, it costs about $25 million a year. Yet the lobbying group American Chemistry Council, a coalition of corporations including Chevron, Dow and ExxonMobil, said the plastic bag ban didn’t make sense because it would cost $1.7 million to implement in a state with an $18 billion spending budget deficit.
State politics bought with plastic industry
In California, the plastic bag ban has opposition. This originated from the American Chemistry Council mostly. As outlined by the Miami Herald, the group is really in Virginia although it funds all of the opposition in The Golden State with environmental bills anything that is anti-plastic. The council produced a costly TV and radio ad campaign against the plastic bag bill and wrote a bundle of checks to politicians. In August at least seven state senators collected campaign donations directly from the council or its affiliates Exxon and Hilex Poly Co., a South Carolina plastic bag manufacturer.
Plastic bag ban: why and why not
The plastic bag ban in California is there specifically to get shoppers to bring reusable totes. Bans on plastic bags are already in place in some places in California. San Francisco is one of the places. The bill was authored by assemblywoman Julia Brownley who explained to ABC News that changing habits of shoppers is a better approach than cleaning up the mess. Republican senator Mimi Walters told ABC News that “If we pass this piece of legislation, we will be sending a message to the individuals of California that we care more about banning plastic bags than helping them put food on their table.”
Garbage Patch within the Good Pacific
The total comes to about 3.96 million. About 90 percent of those were tossed. They were just thrown away. Retailers spend $4 billion a year on 100 billion plastic bags within the U.S., says the Wall Street Journal. In 2006, the U.N. did a study. It showed that 10 percent of all plastic end up at the bottom of the ocean. There is one place where the concentration is really high. It is called the Good Pacific Garbage Patch. The size of the place is about the size of Texas. It also has about 3.5 million tons of trash in it.
Silicon Valley Mercury News
mercurynews.com/ci_15927563?source=most_emailed and nclick_check=1
Miami Herald
miamiherald.com/2010/08/26/1792991/californias-plastic-bag-ban-opponents.html
ABC News
abcnews.go.com/US/california-votes-plastic-bag-ban/story?id=11526792 and page=1
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