Re: S.F. considers 17-cent tax on grocery bags

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From: Larry Bud
Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2005 17:49

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>Plastic bags, which account for 90% of the city's grocery sacks and
>cause its recycling machines to jam, aren't the only target of the
>tax. Both paper and plastic bags litter the city's streets. As a
>result, according to a study by the city's Environment Department,
the
>50 million paper and plastic grocery bags used in San Francisco each

>year cost the city 17 cents apiece for cleanup and other costs,
adding
>up to $8.5 million.

I see the United Socialist San Francisco Republic is at it again..  How
about nailing litterers who toss the bags everywhere but the garbage
with fines?

Ridiculous.

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