Article: Los Angeles to ban plastic bags

Article: Los Angeles votes to ban plastic ...
The Virginian Pilot;  July 24, 2008 ;     461 words ...Los Angeles shoppers soon won't hear the ... City Council voted Tuesday to ban plastic shopping bags from stores, beginning ... getty images file photo The Los Angeles City Council unanimously voted to ban plastic shopping bags from stores, starting ...

Article: Los Angeles set to ban plastic ...
Evening Standard - London;  July 23, 2008 ;     260 words ...LOS ANGELES is to ban plastic shopping bags from stores by July 2010 in a drive to cut waste. Shoppers will have to bring their own bags or pay 25 cents for ...

Article: Los Angeles adopts proposal to ban ...
Xinhua News Agency;  July 1, 2008 ;     378 words ...Los Angeles adopts proposal to ban plastic bags LOS ANGELES, July 1 (Xinhua) -- A Los Angeles City Council committee adopted a proposal on Tuesday to ban plastic bags in supermarkets. The proposal also ...

Article: Supervisors in California's Los Angeles County have ...
Food & Beverage Packaging;  March 1, 2008 ;     509 words ...Supervisors in California's Los Angeles County have backed off a plan to ban plastic grocery bags. Instead, officials went with a voluntary program of recommending that grocers encourage their customers to use cloth or other reusable bags.

Article: No plastic bags in Los Angeles stores beginning ...
AP Worldstream;  July 23, 2008 ;     528 words ...The Los Angeles City Council voted to ban plastic shopping bags from stores, beginning ... collects in storm drains and the Los Angeles River. The city estimates more ... plastic bags are used each year in Los Angeles. About 5 percent of plastic ...

Article: Earth Day observed in Los Angeles
Xinhua News Agency;  April 21, 2008 ;     505 words ...Earth Day observed in Los Angeles LOS ANGELES, April 21 (Xinhua) -- Environmentalists in Los Angeles kicked off a campaign to ban plastic bags on Monday in observance of the Earth ...

Article: No plastic bags in Los Angeles stores beginning ...
AP Worldstream;  July 23, 2008 ;     381 words ...The Los Angeles City Council voted Tuesday to ban plastic shopping bags from stores beginning ... ban is meant to reduce waste in Los Angeles, which uses about 2.3 billion ... considering a bill that would ban plastic bags in 2012 and charge at least ...