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May 7, 2016

Plastic Bags and Councilman Gentile in Bay Ridge

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  Brad Lander introduced a bill in City Council for grocery stores to charge 5 cents for every plastic bag. I liked Launder’s  bill because we have been using nylon bags since 2009. I blogged about it in 2009 here.  Target now sells the Rume bags we use. I went to see what Councilman Gentile had to say about the plastic bag debate. After I read what he wrote, I felt Councilman Gentile was doing the correct thing for all people.  Gentile used research to explain why he was voting against the bill. I also saw Councilman Gentile  gave this quote:

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The Daily News also quoted Gentile here:

 

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Personally, I think the bill should have excluded paper bags. We could have gotten rid of plastic bags all together – the way we got rid of styrofoam!   I also think the revenue collected should have gone to something for our environment, rather than to the grocery store owners. Politicians and store owners who don’t like the bill can give out reusable bags with their name on it. This morning, the Greenmarket opened on 95th Street and 3rd Avenue. and Gentile was there cheering everyone on during a gloomy morning. Check out pics on his Instagram.

 

You can also hear Gentile on John Cats talk show here.

Hugs,
marlene

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