New York To Ban Plastic Bags, Tax Paper

[Swordsmyth]

New York lawmakers announced an agreement Thursday to ban all plastic bags in an effort to reduce waste and make the state as green as possible.
A ban on plastic bags will be included in the state’s budget due April 1, according to New York Democratic Sen. Todd Kaminsky, CBS New York reported. “The idea is to go not from plastic to paper but from plastic to reusable.”
The move is intended to encourage and force customers to bring their own bags to shop rather than rely on food and service companies to provide plastic bags to customers.
Most states do not ban plastic bags but require customers to pay a small fee, usually five cents, for every plastic bag they use. If the ban is implemented, New York will be the second state to outright ban plastic bags across the state, according to CBS.
California was the first state to ban plastic bags in August 2014. Hawaii also bans non-biodegradable plastic bags in its most populated counties, and the District of Columbia requires all outfits that sell food or alcohol to charge five cents for plastic and paper bags, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.


“n New York we are moving forward with the nation’s strongest environmental policies and doing everything in our power to protect our natural resources for future generations,” New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said in January after announcing the proposal. The move will “create a cleaner and greener New York for all,” according to Cuomo.
Grocery and convenience stores, and other food, beverage and service establishments will be banned from using or selling plastic bags under the proposal. Food delivery and carry-out services, however, will not be prohibited from using plastic bags for deliveries.

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New York counties and municipalities will decide whether to charge customers five cents for paper bags, according to CBS. Approximately 40 percent of the bag tax will remain with the county and 60 percent will go to the state under the agreement, according to Kaminsky.

More at: https://truepundit.com/new-york-to-ban-plastic-bags-tax-paper/

 

[Dr.3D]

New York lawmakers announced an agreement Thursday to ban all plastic bags in an effort to reduce waste and make the state as green as possible.
A ban on plastic bags will be included in the state’s budget due April 1, according to New York Democratic Sen. Todd Kaminsky, CBS New York reported. “The idea is to go not from plastic to paper but from plastic to reusable.”
The move is intended to encourage and force customers to bring their own bags to shop rather than rely on food and service companies to provide plastic bags to customers.
Most states do not ban plastic bags but require customers to pay a small fee, usually five cents, for every plastic bag they use. If the ban is implemented, New York will be the second state to outright ban plastic bags across the state, according to CBS.
California was the first state to ban plastic bags in August 2014. Hawaii also bans non-biodegradable plastic bags in its most populated counties, and the District of Columbia requires all outfits that sell food or alcohol to charge five cents for plastic and paper bags, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.


“n New York we are moving forward with the nation’s strongest environmental policies and doing everything in our power to protect our natural resources for future generations,” New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said in January after announcing the proposal. The move will “create a cleaner and greener New York for all,” according to Cuomo.
Grocery and convenience stores, and other food, beverage and service establishments will be banned from using or selling plastic bags under the proposal. Food delivery and carry-out services, however, will not be prohibited from using plastic bags for deliveries.

​

New York counties and municipalities will decide whether to charge customers five cents for paper bags, according to CBS. Approximately 40 percent of the bag tax will remain with the county and 60 percent will go to the state under the agreement, according to Kaminsky.

More at: https://truepundit.com/new-york-to-ban-plastic-bags-tax-paper/

Looks like the green they are talking about is going to go into the coffers of the county and state.

 

[jkr]

How much if you pour some in my hand?

I sho am thirsty!

 

[euphemia]

The rest of the country has been subsidizing NY forever through deductions of state and local taxes. Now that deduction has been removed, NY has to find a way to keep paying for the graft and corruption.

 

[Stratovarious]

How is this a 'budget' issue, they'll need plastic bag cops, like California's
plastic straw police?
I guess they'll need swat gear........

 

[Dr.3D]

Mexican shopping bags

When I was visiting Mexico, I noticed they didn't furnish bags at the stores.

People had these with them and used them to take things home.

 

[jkr]

When I was visiting Mexico, I noticed they didn't furnish bags at the stores.

People had these with them and used them to take things home.

Doesn't promote impulse purchasing

 

[Dr.3D]

Doesn't promote impulse purchasing

Yeah...

I saw a guy come into the grocery store with a bucket and after buying milk in bottles, he poured it into the bucket so he wouldn't have to pay the deposit on the bottles.

 

[Anti Globalist]

Yeah because those two things are obviously going to fix all of New York's problems.

 

[Danke]

[FONT=&quot]95% of plastic in the oceans comes from Third World countries

The mainstream media has been bombarding Western countries with news about the need to phase out plastic from our daily lives in order to protect the environment, focusing on the World’s oceans.

But how much of that plastic is actually the West’s fault?

It’s easy to see awareness campaigns about trapped animals in all sorts of trash and wanting to do something in order to prevent it from happening again.

Lately, the mainstream media has been on a crusade against the horrors of plastic in developed nations, targeting disposable items such as plastic bags and plastic straws.

Are they preaching to the right audience, though?

In short – no. If they want their campaign to be effective, the slogans should be written in Mandarin, Hindi or any African language.

First of all, the disposal of waste in Western nations (and also other developed countries such as Japan or South Korea) is treated very differently than in developing nations in continents such as Africa and Asia.

Not even emerging nations such as India, China or Brazil treat or recycle their waste as much as their Western counterparts, with Brazil being the country who is better off on treating and recycling disposable items.

In 1998, few were the countries that cared or could afford to recycle their solid waste. Most of the waste being recycled was done in Western nations such as the US, Canada, European countries, Australia, New Zealand and few East Asian countries such as Japan and South Korea.

Recycling has evolved a lot in the last 15-20 years, but still, Western nations are at the forefront of the treatment and re-use of plasti
c, glass, card or paper, far ahead of any other Latin American, Asian or African country.
Two of the ten most polluted rivers on the planet are in Africa, the Niger and Nile rivers, two are in South Asia, the Indus and Ganges rivers, and the remaining six are in East and Southeast Asia. 95% of the plastic pollution in the World’s oceans comes from just these 10 rivers.

So, which are the countries that pollute our oceans with plastic, and harm our ecosystems and sea life the most?

Well, the answer is, above all, Asian countries, with China being by far the most polluting country on the planet, followed by Southeast Asia and Pacific countries such as Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam and more far below, Thailand and Malaysia.

Although seeing turtles with straws up their noses or sea lions asphyxiating in plastic bags is sad, it is far from reality.

Researchers have come to the conclusion that what traps the most animals is fishing gear, lots and lots of fishing gear.

The data presented is clear, Third World nations are by far the ones who pollute our World oceans the most, due to bad infrastructure and not having facilities in order to treat their waste.

And if you want to help animals not getting trapped, pushing for policies that punish commercial fishermen who leave or dispose nets and other gear in the water might be the way to go.


https://voiceofeurope.com/2019/03/95-of-plastic-in-the-oceans-comes-from-third-world-countries/

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[Danke]

When I was visiting Mexico...

Why would anyone do that? You into donkey shows?

 

[oyarde]

Why would anyone do that? You into donkey shows?

Pretty cheap drinks if you away away from tourist spots .

 

[oyarde]

Danke is right , it is the dang africans and chinamen polluting the ocean of course . NY is retarded , for all we care they can carry groceries in bare hands .

 

[Zippyjuan]

[FONT="]95% of plastic in the oceans comes from Third World countries

The mainstream media has been bombarding Western countries with news about the need to phase out plastic from our daily lives in order to protect the environment, focusing on the World’s oceans.

But how much of that plastic is actually the West’s fault?

It’s easy to see awareness campaigns about trapped animals in all sorts of trash and wanting to do something in order to prevent it from happening again.

Lately, the mainstream media has been on a crusade against the horrors of plastic in developed nations, targeting disposable items such as plastic bags and plastic straws.

Are they preaching to the right audience, though?

[URL="https://www.defendevropa.com/2019/news/95-of-the-plastic-in-the-oceans-comes-from-third-world-countries/"]In short – no[/URL]. If they want their campaign to be effective, the slogans should be written in Mandarin, Hindi or any African language.

First of all, the disposal of waste in Western nations (and also other developed countries such as Japan or South Korea) is treated very differently than in developing nations in continents such as Africa and Asia.

Not even emerging nations such as India, China or Brazil treat or recycle their waste as much as their Western counterparts, with Brazil being the country who is better off on treating and recycling disposable items.

In 1998, few were the countries that cared or could afford to recycle their solid waste. Most of the waste being recycled was done in Western nations such as the US, Canada, European countries, Australia, New Zealand and few East Asian countries such as Japan and South Korea.

Recycling has evolved a lot in the last 15-20 years, but still, Western nations are at the forefront of the treatment and re-use of plastic, glass, card or paper, far ahead of any other Latin American, Asian or African country.
Two of the ten most polluted rivers on the planet are in Africa, the Niger and Nile rivers, two are in South Asia, the Indus and Ganges rivers, and the remaining six are in East and Southeast Asia. 95% of the plastic pollution in the World’s oceans comes from just these 10 rivers.

So, which are the countries that pollute our oceans with plastic, and harm our ecosystems and sea life the most?

Well, the answer is, above all, Asian countries, with China being by far the most polluting country on the planet, followed by Southeast Asia and Pacific countries such as Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam and more far below, Thailand and Malaysia.

Although seeing turtles with straws up their noses or sea lions asphyxiating in plastic bags is sad, it is far from reality.

Researchers have come to the conclusion that what traps the most animals is fishing gear, lots and lots of fishing gear.

The data presented is clear, Third World nations are by far the ones who pollute our World oceans the most, due to bad infrastructure and not having facilities in order to treat their waste.

And if you want to help animals not getting trapped, pushing for policies that punish commercial fishermen who leave or dispose nets and other gear in the water might be the way to go.


https://voiceofeurope.com/2019/03/95-of-plastic-in-the-oceans-comes-from-third-world-countries/

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Just a note- until they recently quit taking it, most of our plastic was sent to China to be recycled. US recyclers and garbage processing places hate plastic because it ends up all over the place and jams up their machinery.

Western nations are at the forefront of the treatment and re-use of plastic, glass, card or paper, far ahead of any other Latin American, Asian or African country.

Maybe we should not care about plastic though and be more like China.

So, which are the countries that pollute our oceans with plastic, and harm our ecosystems and sea life the most

Well, the answer is, above all, Asian countries, with China being by far the most polluting country on the planet, followed by Southeast Asia and Pacific countries such as Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam and more far below, Thailand and Malaysia.

That plastic polluting China may well have come from the US of A.

 

[AngryCanadian]

Tax paper? NY has gone full Woke.

 

[Brian4Liberty]

Just to insert some rational, scientific opinion into the mix, this is a real concern. Climate change, global warming, CO2 as pollution is all highly questionable. Sun spots are probably more relevant.

Pollution is real. It is measurable, it has real effects. Obviously you have to focus first on the biggest offenders, but pollution is real. Concerned about synthetic hormonal effects on humans? Don’t ignore pollution.

 

[Anti Federalist]

Tax paper? NY has gone full Woke.

Stamp Act.