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Banning Bags
Governor Jerry Brown signed a law today that bans single-use plastic bags statewide - the kind you get at a grocery store or shopping mall. The city of Los Angeles became the biggest city ever to ban plastic bags last year. And now California is the first state to do so. But what effect do plastic bag bans actually have?
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readGovernor Jerry Brown signed a law today that bans single-use plastic bags statewide - the kind you get at a grocery store or shopping mall. The city of Los Angeles became the biggest city ever to ban plastic bags last year. And now California is the first state to do so. But what effect do plastic bag bans actually have?
