Plastic Bag Tax

So, I was always wondering why the City of Toledo would have a problem with plastic bags going into the landfill. Most of the plastic bags I have, have a little recycling logo at the bottom of the bag, and I thought it was strange with such a high recycling rate in the City, why this would be a problem. Then I remembered why I have never recycled a plastic bag, but more on that in a second.

The blog takes issue with:

Councilman Joe McNamara supports the idea, offering some commonly held misconceptions about plastic bags in the process:

"The plastic bags are petroleum-based and they take up a lot of space in our landfill," he said. "Anything that ultimately saves the landfill will save the taxpayers money."

Check out this rant from Troy about Roberta de Boer's article Plastic-bag 'tax' makes sense for our future

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