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Yet rather than dropping plastic-bag bans entirely, most cities have concluded that they should charge a fee for paper and ban plastic bags.
Paper or Plastic? A Lawyer's Answer Sends Him From Hero to Pariah Vauhini Vara 2011
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In the process, Los Angeles County last November concluded that a plastic-bag ban could boost paper-bag use and boost greenhouse-gas emissions.
Paper or Plastic? A Lawyer's Answer Sends Him From Hero to Pariah Vauhini Vara 2011
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That year, Mr. Joseph lobbed his first shot against the southern California town of Manhattan Beach, which was planning a plastic-bag ban partly based on a 2002 report that claimed the bags kill 100,000 sea animals yearly.
Paper or Plastic? A Lawyer's Answer Sends Him From Hero to Pariah Vauhini Vara 2011
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Meanwhile, Los Angeles County and San Jose agreed to conduct extensive environmental reviews before enacting plastic-bag bans.
Paper or Plastic? A Lawyer's Answer Sends Him From Hero to Pariah Vauhini Vara 2011
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He sends pro-plastic messages to municipal officials around the state and is disputing the existence of plastic-bag related "garbage patches" in the ocean.
Paper or Plastic? A Lawyer's Answer Sends Him From Hero to Pariah Vauhini Vara 2011
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The other major downside with fakes is that synthetic fibers take a really, really long time to break down -- anywhere from 500 to 1,000 years, if estimates for plastic-bag degradation are anything to go by.
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Stephen Joesph who is representing several plastic-bag makers in efforts to stop campaigns aimed at outlawing or imposing fees on the use of plastic bags.
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Stephen Joesph who is representing several plastic-bag makers in efforts to stop campaigns aimed at outlawing or imposing fees on the use of plastic bags.
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Her most recent blog posts detail her multifarious radical interests: she backs a fundraising campaign for the Refugee Council, pledges her support for Greener upon Thames, an organisation campaigning to make next year's London Olympics plastic-bag free, and reprints a thank-you letter from the headmaster of Uaso Nyiro primary school in Kenya for the books she sent, adding: The school was started in 1992 but they've never had a library.
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That year, his second cousin, Albert Halimi, a plastic-bag executive at Grand Packaging Inc. in Vernon, Calif., called him for help to stop local bans and debunk plastic myths.
Paper or Plastic? A Lawyer's Answer Sends Him From Hero to Pariah Vauhini Vara 2011
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