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State bag ban thwarted

Written on 31 May, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 50 comments

A ban on plastic grocery bags like that now in place in this county failed to move forward in the California Senate Thursday and is buried for the current session. (Sacramento Bee) Similar to local prohibitions, the state bill, authored... (Continue reading)

E. coli infection spike blamed on plastic bag ban

Written on 10 Feb, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 83 comments

In San Francisco, the first major city to pass a plastic bag ban, emergency rooms have seen a spike in E. coli infections and a 46 percent increase in deaths from foodborne illness in the three months after the bag... (Continue reading)

California textbooks drop pro-plastic bag messages

Written on 30 Oct, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

The California Environmental Protection Agency revised a controversial K-12 curriculum, removing some positive messages about plastic bags that an interest group lobbied to include. [California Watch] In August 2011, school officials rewrote part of a new environmental curriculum to include... (Continue reading)

SLO council candidates weigh in on plastic bags

Written on 5 Oct, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 26 comments

The League of Women voters asked candidates for San Luis Obispo mayor and city council in a forum Thursday whether they would move to repeal the new countywide plastic bag ban if appointed to the Integrated Waste Management Authority board.... (Continue reading)

Bag ban challenge fails as ordinance takes effect

Written on 2 Oct, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

A challenge to the newly implemented San Luis Obispo County plastic bag ban failed in court Monday. [SLO Tribune] On the same day the ban went into effect, San Luis Obispo Superior Court Judge Charles Crandall ruled that the county... (Continue reading)

Plastic bag ban starts Monday

Written on 1 Oct, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 30 comments

San Luis Obispo County residents need to add reusable bags to their shopping lists or pay 10 cents apiece for paper bags to comply with a new ordinance that goes into effect on Monday. Following impassioned arguments for and against... (Continue reading)

Lawsuit filed against plastic bag ban

Written on 3 Feb, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 40 comments

A pro-plastic bag coalition filed a suit on Thursday in San Luis Obispo County’s Superior Court attempting to set aside the recently approved-county anti-plastic bag ordinance. [Tribune] On behalf of the Save the Plastic Bag Coalition, attorney Stephen L. Joseph... (Continue reading)

SLO County votes in plastic bag ban

Written on 12 Jan, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 49 comments

Following impassioned arguments for and against the use of plastic bags, the San Luis Obispo County Integrated Waste Management Authority’s board voted Wednesday to ban single-use plastic bags countywide in most stores, beginning in October, and to mandate stores charge... (Continue reading)

SLO County plastic bag ban vote set

Written on 10 Jan, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 26 comments

The San Luis Obispo County Integrated Waste Management Authority’s board is slated to vote today on a proposed law to ban single-use plastic bags countywide in most stores, beginning in October. If approved, the bag ban would outlaw the use... (Continue reading)

SLO County plastic bag ban still on course

Written on 10 Nov, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 31 comments

A planned ban on so-called single-use plastic bags used by retailers moves toward a final vote next year following a spirited and well-attended meeting of the San Luis Obispo County Integrated Waste Management Board (IWMB) Wednesday. Faced with an opportunity... (Continue reading)