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The Plastic Bag Store

AirTalk for July 22, 2008

Bagging Plastic; FCC's Broadcast Indecency Rules In Legal Limbo; Is There Enough Oil To Go Around?

LOS ANGELES, CA - JUNE 18: A clerk bags groceries in plastic grocery bags on June 18, 2013 in Los Angeles, California. The Los Angeles City Council is expected to vote on a proposed law would prohibit stores that sell pershiable goods for handing out the plastic grocery bags and fines would will be imposed for violators. It also calls for a 10-cent charge on paper bag use and regulations on the types of reusable bags that stores make it available to their customers. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)

Huntington Beach votes to repeal plastic bag ban

Several California cities have said no to plastic bags at major retail and grocery stores, including Huntington Beach. But now it's reconsidering.

Court sides with bag makers, rules Manhattan Beach can't outlaw plastic bags

Manhattan Beach can't stop supermarkets and other businesses from handing out plastic bags — at least not yet. A federal appeals court today released a ruling that sides with plastic bag makers and sellers.

San Francisco Plastic Bag Ban Interests Other Cities

San Francisco's year-old ban on plastic bags in grocery stores has cut use by 5 million plastic bags per month. Now, other cities are considering similar bans, and companies are developing alternatives to disposable bags.

Will Biodegradable Plastic Bags Melt in Trees?

San Francisco recently approved a ban on non-biodegradable plastic shopping bags. While stores adjust to the change, it's unclear how it will affect people whose job it is to snag plastic bags caught in trees and other high places. Melissa Block talks with Bill McClelland, president of Bag Snaggers, Inc.

The wind blows a plastic bag around the beach near the Manhattan Beach Pier on August 21, 2008 in the Los Angeles area city of Manhattan Beach, California. A group of about 10 plastic manufacturers and retailers calling themselves the Save the Plastic Bag Coalition has filed suit against the city of Manhattan Beach over a ban on plastic bags given out by stores. Ironically, the group is asking a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge to block the ban on grounds that the city violated the California Environmental Quality Act by not fully analyzing the environmental effects of such a ban. The ban comes on the heels of a policy recently approved by the Los Angeles City Council to ban plastic bags in their city by 2010 if the state does not impose a 25-cent fee on shoppers who request plastics carrying bags.

Huntington Beach repeals plastic bag ban

Plastic shopping bags could return to stores in Huntington Beach after the city council Monday voted to move forward with repealing its own plastic bag ban.

N.Y. Student Recycles Plastic Bags as Subway Art

California, which has seen a ban on plastic bags, now could ban a balloon. In New York City, where there is neither a bag nor a balloon ban, an art student has taken to crafting animals from plastic bags. He affixes them to subway grates, and passing trains inflate the bags, bringing them to life.

A bill that would make California the first to impose a statewide ban on single-use plastic bags at certain retail stores has passed a key legislative committee.

Huntington Beach ban on plastic grocery bags starts Nov. 1

Huntington Beach is the latest city in California to ban single-use plastic grocery bags to encourage the use of reusable bags.

File: A plastic bag is caught in bushes outside a supermarket.

LA County plastic grocery bag ban, 10-cent paper bag charge upheld

A leading bag-maker attempted to challenge an ordinance banning plastic bags in unincorporated areas, but an L.A. County judge shot it down Monday.

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