Comments on: California Assembly Votes to Ban Single-Use Plastic Grocery Bags

By: Artists Build Incredible Obelisk Out of Hundreds of Bicycles | Inhabitat - Green Design Will Save the World

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:20:50 +0000

[...] California artists Mark Grieve and Ilana Spector recently constructed this incredible towering obelisk made entirely out of bikes on a street corner in Santa Rosa. Dubbed Cyclisk, the monument is an ode to bike culture constructed from 340 bicycles and one tricycle. [...]

By: American Samoa Becomes First U.S. Territory to Ban Plastic Bags | Inhabitat - Green Design Will Save the World

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:56:01 +0000

[...] so, perhaps the California bill’s sponsor, Julia Brownley (D-Santa Monica), can take a lesson from Territorial Rep. Taotasi [...]

By: shmeco

shmeco — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 03:04:03 +0000

Hi, from Australia – Adelaide, we already have this passed in legislation.It’s great and yes, we too pay for recyceld bags if we want them.
Retail outlets had to find biodegradable alternatives to use in their shops, which is also good, if you forget your recycled one, you buy a bag, and can use it store food scraps and kitchen waste, tie it up and put it in a back yard compost bin

By: Bao-Khang Luu

Bao-Khang Luu — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 18:05:35 +0000

Arconna, I could be misinterpreting, but the idea is to reduce the use of ANY disposable bags at all and encourage reusable bags.

But I do appreciate where you are coming from. Light Green and Grey people will be put off by the cost and inconvenience of not getting “free” bags at the store. Money and economy trumps sustainability when the recession takes top billing in national issues.

By: Bao-Khang Luu

Bao-Khang Luu — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 17:52:00 +0000

So CA has gone with paper option in the “paper or plastic” controversy. Now what to do about all the paper and other subsequent issues (http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/aug/11/plastic-bags-welsh-assembly).

By: Arconna

Arconna — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 17:43:23 +0000

I agree with the ban. I disagree with charging people for recyclable bags. That’s the stupidest thing you could do during a recession when the state is, more or less, bankrupt, and people there are already hurting.

So, I hope they don’t pass it in the Senate so it can go back to the drawing board. I don’t know why they’re charging at all. The recyclable bags are free at the grocery store right now…so suddenly you’re going to charge people for stuff they could have received for free. Absurd.

By: unorthodox

unorthodox — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 21:34:34 +0000

Honestly this should be a national law. Bravo to Cali for making these changes.

By: wolfnowl

wolfnowl — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 21:02:10 +0000

It\’s a great idea and is already in place in other municipalities and some countries. The only question is, what do those working for plastic-bag manufacturers do now to feed their families?

Mike.