It's official!
With a nod to environmentalists, members of the Los Angeles City Council voted 13 - 1 to introduce a ban on the use of pesky plastic bags in supermarkets.
The forward-thinking program is to be phased in over the next year-or-so.
An estimated 7500 stores (and thousands of California shoppers) will be affected by the "shift in consciousness" which is being hailed as a promising change of "habit" for city dwellers.
As for the City of Angels, well, it has become the first bustling Metropolis in the Nation to enact such a sweeping moratorium on environmental threats that have been plaguing picturesque California for decades.
Tattler readers may recall that I reported on a ban imposed in Santa Monica just a few months ago which appears to be working out well for the beach community.
Post: 01/01/2012
http://ijulian.blogspot.com/2012/04/vonscharging-10-cents-for-paper-bags.html
Personally, I have always hated the flimsy poorly-crafted carry-alls which - more often-that-not - bust open at the seams when least expected (or tear open wide when hauling groceries to the parking lot to a waiting vehicle).
But, the landmark decision to bannish 'em didn't occur overnight, folks.
In fact, it was only because a lot of aggressive campaigning over the years, that the end scenario finally came about.
Despite some grumbling on the part of a few stick-in-the-mud's, officials at environmental agencies in the region have noted that a large percentage of shoppers are actually warming up to the idea of trotting into the grocery store with tote bag in hand.
Lazy die-hards - who are probably still gobbling up Twinkies (washed down with a big gulp) - are probably inclined to cough up ten cents for a paper bag when plastic ones have finally gone by way of the dinosaur.
Oh, well, that's their privilege.
It's a free country, after all!
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