Article: Los Angeles launches second "Day Without A Bag"

Article: Roundup: Los Angeles considering ban on ...
Xinhua News Agency;  April 11, 2007 ;     618 words ...Roundup: Los Angeles considering ban on plastic bags LOS ANGELES, April 11 (Xinhua) -- Los Angeles is studying a ban on petroleum-based ... Wednesday. San Francisco imposed a ban on plastic bags last month, prompting the LA City Board ...

Article: Los Angeles launches war on plastic ...
Xinhua News Agency;  January 23, 2008 ;     578 words ... ... Angeles launches war on plastic bags LOS ANGELES, Jan. 22 (Xinhua ... to stop the scourge of plastic bags, Los Angeles authorities approved a ... grocers to reduce the use of plastic bags. The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisor ...

Article: Los Angeles to ban plastic bags
The Independent - London;  July 24, 2008 ;     257 words ...World News IN BRIEF *LOS ANGELES The city council voted unanimously yesterday to ban ... bag. The city estimates that more than two billion plastic bags are used each year in Los Angeles. The first plastic bag ban in the US was imposed in ...

Article: Los Angeles adopts proposal to ban plastic ...
Xinhua News Agency;  July 1, 2008 ;     371 words ...Los Angeles adopts proposal to ban plastic bags LOS ANGELES, July 1 (Xinhua) -- A Los Angeles City ... said the committee. Consumers in the city of Los Angeles use 2.3 billion plastic bags a year. For the average retailer, plastic ...

Article: Los Angeles launches campaign to recycle ...
Xinhua News Agency;  June 29, 2007 ;     405 words ...Los Angeles launches campaign to recycle plastic bags LOS ANGELES, June 28 (Xinhua) -- Los Angeles on Thursday launched the city's first ... all retail and grocery stores to recycle plastic bags. The campaign coincided with the introduction ...

Article: No plastic bags in Los Angeles stores ...
AP Worldstream;  July 23, 2008 ;     521 words ... ... that collects in storm drains and the Los Angeles River. The city estimates more than 2 billion plastic bags are used each year in Los Angeles. About 5 percent of plastic bags and 21 percent of paper bags are recycled ...

Article: Los Angeles endorses bill imposing fee on ...
Xinhua News Agency;  May 19, 2009 ;     382 words ...Los Angeles endorses bill imposing fee on plastic bags LOS ANGELES, May 19 (Xinhua) -- In its latest ... not been established by that time. Los Angeles goes through more than two billion plastic bags each year, only five percent of which ...