The argument against banning the “plastic” bag is so incredibly weak that even Willamette Week (here) picks up on the story. However, while the talk is all paper bag tax and “plastic” bag ban, the stage is being set for a ban on paper bags. Paper bag manufacturers and grocers who joined the side of the bag banners this time around will see themselves in the crosshairs next time. Look at these excerpts:
…perhaps the most compelling argument in Oregon for plastic is that a paper bag generates as much as two times the greenhouse gases generated by making a plastic bag.
…paper bag makers have refused to share data with federal scientists that they say disputes plastics’ greenhouse gas superiority.
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