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Seattle Bag Fee
Seattle is poised to join the ranks of San Francisco and Ireland by imposing restrictions on the use of disposable shopping bags. The City Council vote on the proposal—expected to pass by a wide margin—will occur this summer and would take effect at the start of 2009. While Ireland and San Francisco have banned plastic bags outright, Seattle's proposal will instead impose a twenty-cent fee on every paper or plastic bag used by consumers at the point of sale. (The proposal also bans styrofoam food containers.)
8.3.2008 at 01:17am - Comment by Greenhuman.orgThe real "Green" in this story is about all the $$ the city of Seattle will make. The Seattle Time estimate $3.5 million, the city's own website put that number at $10 million. Between $500,000 and $750,000 are estimated for enforcement (so what 10 "bag police" at 50k a year) although the city states it will be for "education" not tickets (uh huh). That leaves between $3 and $9.25 million for city coffers. Yet today's Seattle Times (Aug 2) the city is stating they want a 29% INCREASE for garbage collection. Huh? So $9 million + 29%? I can see why the Seattle City Council thought this was such a good idea. For environmental news about Seattle and the Pacific Northwest, go to www. greenhuman.org
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