Ordinance Would Ban Plastic Checkout Bags in Warren
The introduced ordinance would ban local businesses from using plastic checkout bags and would impose a fee on consumers who wished to bag their goods with paper bags from the store.
The following is a release from Environment Rhode Island. On Tuesday evening, the Warren Town Council conducted a first reading of an ordinance to ban disposable plastic checkout bags in the town. The legislation could make Warren the first municipality in Rhode Island – and among the first in New England – to reduce litter and marine debris by enacting a bag ban. "We need to keep plastic out of Narragansett Bay," said Channing Jones, associate with Environment Rhode Island, an environmental advocacy group with members in Warren. "Nothing we use for just five minutes should fill our waterways with trash and threaten the wildlife we treasure and depend on." Plastic shopping bags, which have become ubiquitous over recent decades, are easily …
John Tattrie
6:00 pm on Friday, April 13, 2012
Your Question is a matter of perspective, My personal expeirience with Town government came from sitting on the planning board, 9 person board w/solicitor. Very similar, I feel very differently than the present Council, I personally would only use Tony as a last resort, but his job is to keep them from legal trouble....I guess the five of them respect his opinion in a great many topics.....Well … more ›