Monterey County, Salinas on Track to Restrict Plastic Bags
From The Salinas Californian:
“The city of Salinas and Monterey County are on parallel tracks to follow other municipalities in the region and restrict the retail use of some of the roughly 18 billion plastic bags distributed in California each year.
“On Tuesday, the county Board of Supervisors unanimously directed staff from the Department of Environmental Health to move forward with the first phase — an environmental impact study — toward a draft ordinance severely restricting plastic bags and charging a fee on paper bags.”
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