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Posts Tagged ‘mandatory recycling ordinance’

Plastic bags could be banned in Alameda County stores by Jan. 2013

By Megan Molteni | November 21, 2011 | 1

Every year, more than 700 million plastic bags are given away by stores and restaurants in Alameda County, but that could all change if a ban on one-time use plastic bags is approved in January.

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