Fueled by environmentalists and frustrated by state inaction, a growing number of Connecticut communities are taking or considering action on their own to ban single-use plastic bags at grocery stores to help protect the environment.
Currently only Westport and Greenwich have banned single-use plastic bags but …
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Let’s get going on ridding the state of plastic bags. I am tired of pulling bags out of ponds and streams and from trees & bushes on my daily walks. Such a shameful scourge !!
These cheap bags are horrible. It’s most certainly a time for a change. While were are at it…up the returnable bottle deposit amount and put it on all alchoholic beverages. Every time we go for a walk I see “nipper bottles” by the roadside. Disgusting!