for seattle shoppers, paper or plastic could come with a ‘green fee’
2008 Seattle-William Ridley
The cashier\'s chorus has been ignored in the sustainable development here.
Paper or Plastic?
Neither of them is, of course, the greenest answer.
Soon, however, the \"two\" may also be the cheapest answer.
According to a proposal announced this week by Mayor Greg Nichols, shoppers in Seattle will pay 20-
Starting next year, every new paper or plastic bag they use to take goods away from grocery stores, medicines or convenience stories is charged a Cents \"green fee \".
They will be encouraged to bring their bags home for purchase.
According to the proposal, foam food containers will also be banned. The goal, Mr.
This is to reduce waste, reduce the production of paper and plastic, and encourage more people to be faithful to their bumpers, Nickels said --
Sticker gospel: \"global thinking, local action. " (
The proposal also seems likely to add luster to Obama.
As one of the country\'s most eco-friendly mayors, Nick is qualified. )
\"The combination of environmental and economic management will help ensure a truly sustainable city,\" Mayor Nickels said . \".
Conlin AdvertisementRichard, the president of the city council, who attended the announcement, said council members were likely to discuss the proposal on June or July, and he expected it to be easy to pass.
Other cities have banned the use of foam containers, but Seattle appears to be the first city in the United States to charge for both shopping bags.
Last year, San Francisco banned plastic bags, but paper bags were still available for free.
Seattle ads are usually as free as San Francisco, but not as wordy as San Francisco, which determines the production and shipping costs of paper bags that make them \"actually worse for the planet than plastic bags \", according to a recent local study.
The city says a similar project in Ireland has helped reduce the use of disposable plastic bags by 90%.
Through this fee, the city is expected to raise $10 million per year, of which $1 million will be used to purchase reusable free bags and distribute them to every family in the city.
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The mayor said: \"This proposal is to develop new habits.
\"So the day after the announcement, there was Kristy Guise, who developed her new habits at mammoth Fred Meyer grocery store and department store near Ballard.
The news of the suggested fee prompted Ms.
Fake three reusable big shopping bags into the store, but she needs two more plastic bags for what she buys.
She thinks she needs a dozen plastic bags to carry the whole goods.
She may have to spend $2 next year.
40 more than her grocery bill.
\"This makes me think twice . \"Guise, 35.
\"I usually take a child or two with me and I usually forget. "Ms.
Guise admitted that she was particularly interested in the issue as she worked for a company that sold bags to retail stores.
She said her efforts to reduce her bag consumption were \"a bit of a conflict of interest \". Mr.
Council President Kang Lin, who said that having people pay for packages instead of banning them would encourage people to be aware of what they consume and help the city avoid posing a potential challenge to its power to ban products.
He denied that the public\'s reliance on disposable plastic bags somehow went beyond rehabilitation.
\"Plastic bags were invented thirty years ago . \"Conlin said.
\"This is not a pioneer tradition.
\"A version of this article appears on page A10 of the New York edition with the title: paper or plastic may bring\" green \"to Seattle shoppers \".
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The cashier\'s chorus has been ignored in the sustainable development here.
Paper or Plastic?
Neither of them is, of course, the greenest answer.
Soon, however, the \"two\" may also be the cheapest answer.
According to a proposal announced this week by Mayor Greg Nichols, shoppers in Seattle will pay 20-
Starting next year, every new paper or plastic bag they use to take goods away from grocery stores, medicines or convenience stories is charged a Cents \"green fee \".
They will be encouraged to bring their bags home for purchase.
According to the proposal, foam food containers will also be banned. The goal, Mr.
This is to reduce waste, reduce the production of paper and plastic, and encourage more people to be faithful to their bumpers, Nickels said --
Sticker gospel: \"global thinking, local action. " (
The proposal also seems likely to add luster to Obama.
As one of the country\'s most eco-friendly mayors, Nick is qualified. )
\"The combination of environmental and economic management will help ensure a truly sustainable city,\" Mayor Nickels said . \".
Conlin AdvertisementRichard, the president of the city council, who attended the announcement, said council members were likely to discuss the proposal on June or July, and he expected it to be easy to pass.
Other cities have banned the use of foam containers, but Seattle appears to be the first city in the United States to charge for both shopping bags.
Last year, San Francisco banned plastic bags, but paper bags were still available for free.
Seattle ads are usually as free as San Francisco, but not as wordy as San Francisco, which determines the production and shipping costs of paper bags that make them \"actually worse for the planet than plastic bags \", according to a recent local study.
The city says a similar project in Ireland has helped reduce the use of disposable plastic bags by 90%.
Through this fee, the city is expected to raise $10 million per year, of which $1 million will be used to purchase reusable free bags and distribute them to every family in the city.
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The mayor said: \"This proposal is to develop new habits.
\"So the day after the announcement, there was Kristy Guise, who developed her new habits at mammoth Fred Meyer grocery store and department store near Ballard.
The news of the suggested fee prompted Ms.
Fake three reusable big shopping bags into the store, but she needs two more plastic bags for what she buys.
She thinks she needs a dozen plastic bags to carry the whole goods.
She may have to spend $2 next year.
40 more than her grocery bill.
\"This makes me think twice . \"Guise, 35.
\"I usually take a child or two with me and I usually forget. "Ms.
Guise admitted that she was particularly interested in the issue as she worked for a company that sold bags to retail stores.
She said her efforts to reduce her bag consumption were \"a bit of a conflict of interest \". Mr.
Council President Kang Lin, who said that having people pay for packages instead of banning them would encourage people to be aware of what they consume and help the city avoid posing a potential challenge to its power to ban products.
He denied that the public\'s reliance on disposable plastic bags somehow went beyond rehabilitation.
\"Plastic bags were invented thirty years ago . \"Conlin said.
\"This is not a pioneer tradition.
\"A version of this article appears on page A10 of the New York edition with the title: paper or plastic may bring\" green \"to Seattle shoppers \".
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