Plastic grocery bags "aren’t being reused in any meaningful way, and they can’t be recycled,” writes the LA Times. “We need a do-over — a second plastic bag ban that fulfills the promise that lawmakers made in 2014.”

Governor Newsom: Sign SB1053 into law!

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Editorial: California’s plastic bag ban accidentally created another trash problem

California’s ban on single-use plastic grocery bags worked. But it inadvertently created a new plastic problem — those supposedly reusable and recyclable thicker bags that simply replaced the thinner versions.

Los Angeles Times
Time to stop the plastic bag flood! Call your state senator & urge them to support #SB1053 to ban single-use plastic bags @ checkout. Find your state senator’s number at findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov or at the link in our bio. #BanTheBag #BreakFreeFromPlastic
♲ @Mike Hudema ([email protected]): BAM! Boston becomes the latest US city to ban #plastic bags. RT if you think your city should be next?
http://www.onegreenplanet.org/news/boston-to-ban-plastic-bags/

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