Los Angeles Bans Plastic Bags

LA is the biggest city to pass a plastic bag ban.

Under the ban, stores that sell perishable foods will be prohibited from handing out plastic grocery bags.

If the ban is violated, stores will be fined an unspecified amount.

The law also calls for a 10-cent charge per paper bag.

The ban would take effect Jan. 1, 2014, for large stores that make more than $2 million a year. It will go into effect in July 2014 for smaller stores that carry limited groceries.

By: Cheston Catalano

Cheston Catalano is a Kentucky-based journalist whose work has been featured in the Chattanooga Times Free Press and the Clarksville Leaf Chronicle. He is a long-time contributor to Liberaland.