Plastic Bag Bans Creep Across The Country
As Seattle's city council is set to vote on law that would outlaw use of plastic grocery bags, Hilex Poly CEO Stan Bikulege talks about the misinformation about plastic bags.
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Learn the Facts
Plastic bags make up a tiny fraction (less than 0.5 percent) of the municipal solid waste stream.
Studies show that taxes and bans don't keep plastic litter out of the landfill. Without plastic grocery bags, people just purchase replacement bags—often made of thicker, heavier plastic—and then send those bags to the landfill, too.
Plastic bags have a lower carbon footprint than paper and reusable bags.