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6 Cents Per Plastic Bag: New York City’s Mayor Wants Everyone to Pay Up
Comments Off | This entry was posted on Nov 12 2008
photo: d.billy
The latest in a series of environmental initiatives undertaken by New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg takes on plastic bags. Already the city requires that pretty much any store which gives customers plastic shopping bags also accept them back to be recycled. The Mayor’s most recent plan would go one step further and require stores to charge 6 cents per plastic bag used (the city would get 5 cents of that, with a penny going to the store). Here are some more details, such as there are, on the Mayor’s plan: