Bag bill needs improvement

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Apr 28, 2012

~~<p>Plastic bags can be carried by a breeze, littering the landscape and finding their way to the ocean, where they are a bane to the marine environment.</p>
<p>So there is logic in each of Hawaii's island counties taking steps to reduce their presence by enacting retail bans. The vote by the Honolulu City Council to pass Bill 10 this week could, when the ban becomes effective July 1, 2015, make Hawaii the state with the nation's strongest policy for curbing bag use.</p>
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Plastic bags can be carried by a breeze, littering the landscape and finding their way to the ocean, where they are a bane to the marine environment.

So there is logic in each of Hawaii's island counties taking steps to reduce their presence by enacting retail bans. The vote by the Honolulu City Council to pass Bill 10 this week could, when the ban becomes effective July 1, 2015, make Hawaii the state with the nation's strongest policy for curbing bag use. Login for more...