Manufacturers Begin Process to Overturn California’s Plastic Bag Ban

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by | Oct 14, 2014

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plastic bagsPlastic bag manufacturers can now begin collecting signatures for a vote to overturn California’s ban on single-use plastic shopping bags, the Associated Press reports.

Last week, Gov. Jerry Brown signed the statewide law — the first in the US — that institutes a plastic bag ban beginning in 2015 for grocery store carry-out bags and creates a mandatory minimum 10-cent fee for recycled paper, reusable plastic and compostable bags.

If opponents submit more than 500,000 signatures by January, however, the ban won’t take effect until it goes to a vote.

The American Plastic Bag Alliance says if this becomes law it will “jeopardize thousands of California manufacturing jobs, hurt the environment, and fleece consumers for billions so grocery store shareholders and their union partners can line their pockets,” according to Lee Califf, the group’s executive director.

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