The Briefing Room
State Chapters => NY/NJ => Topic started by: jmyrlefuller on March 29, 2019, 01:41:02 am
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https://nypost.com/2019/03/28/state-lawmakers-reach-deal-to-ban-plastic-bags-charge-5-cents-for-paper/
By Bernadette Hogan and Max Jaeger
March 28, 2019
Albany lawmakers have struck a deal to outlaw plastic bags statewide and charge a 5-cent fee on paper ones, legislators said on Thursday.
Legislators were hashing out the details, but the agreement was expected to be enshrined in the state budget, which lawmakers aim to pass by April 1.
In its current form, the proposal bars retailers from handing out plastic bags but does not outlaw newspaper-delivery bags, dry-cleaner garment bags or the kind of baggies dog-owners use to clean up after their pooches.
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Apparently nobody gave any thought to how to transport raw meat.
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What a mess. Albany politicians don’t give a crap about the misery they dump on citizens with these meaningless gestures to their goddess Gaia.
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Apparently nobody gave any thought to how to transport raw meat.
Cloth bags. rrthree
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They are also been planning the same thing in New Jersey for over a year. People want to go back to paper bags that they had in my youth. Or charge 5cents per bag.
New York and NJ are becoming such nanny states. 22222frying pan
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The measure to ban plastic grocery bags just cleared committees of both state houses and is set for a vote. I’m afraid we’re doomed.
Meanwhile, congestion pricing below 60th street in Manhattan is making its way through also. I’m afraid we’re doomed.
Yes, very doomed.
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And the trees wept.