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ALBANY — New York State lawmakers have
agreed to impose a statewide ban on most types of
single-use plastic bags from retail sales, changing a way of life for millions of New Yorkers as legislators
seek to curb an unsightly and omnipresent source
of litter.
The plan, proposed a year ago by Gov.
Andrew M. Cuomo, would be the second statewide
ban, after California, which banned bags in 2016.
Hawaii also effectively has a ban in place, since all
the state’s counties bar such single-use bags.
New York’s ban, which would begin next
March, would forbid stores to provide customers
with single-use plastic bags, which are
nonbiodegradable and have been blamed for
everything from causing gruesome wildlife deaths
to thwarting recycling efforts.
The ban, which is expected to be part of the
state’s budget bills that are slated to be passed by
Monday, would have a number of carveouts,
including food takeout bags used by restaurants,
bags used to wrap deli or meat counter products
and bags for bulk items. Newspaper bags would
also be exempted, as would garment bags and bags
sold in bulk, such as trash or recycling bags. (…)
“There was a real understanding that there
should be a ban on plastic,” said Todd Kaminsky, a
Democratic state senator from Nassau County, who
is the chairman of the environmental conservation
committee. “And that if people go to paper rather
than reusables, we are not that better off.”
Fonte: JESSE, M. Plastic Bags to Be Banned in New York; Second Statewide Ban,
After California. The New York Times, 2019. Disponível
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