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Article: Los Angeles endorses bill imposing fee on plastic bags
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- May 19, 2009
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Los Angeles endorses bill imposing fee on plastic bags
LOS ANGELES, May 19 (Xinhua) -- In its latest anti-pollution
effort, the Los Angeles City Council on Tuesday endorsed a state
bill that would institute a 25-cent fee for each plastic bag used by
shoppers.
The bill would establish a point-of-sale fee of 25 cents for each
plastic bag used by a customer. Of that fee, seven cents would be
retained by the store and 18 cents would be forwarded to the state
to support anti-pollution and recycling programs.
Last year, the City Council approved a policy to ban plastic bags
at all supermarkets and retail stores in Los Angeles ...