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Starting in January 2012, Madison Wisconsin will begin to collect certain plastic bags (#2 and #4) curbside along with other residential recycled materials.

“ … will start accepting plastic bags in the curbside recycling program.  Plastic bags must be put inside a
plastic bag and that bag should be tied shut.”

Perhaps other cities will take the lead from Madison and offer curbside recycling of plastic bags.

Via:  City of Madison  LINK

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For Philadelphians - the question of "paper or plastic" may no longer be a choice they have to - or can make.

From several news stories on the radio and in the paper -- part of the argument was that the bags are everywhere, require extra labor to pick up and are clogging parts of the city water system / sewer system. Another is that animals can either get caught in them or ingest them.

For all their value - they can be a mess when on the loose as TRASH / LITTER. 

In February 2009 Philadelphia City Council  " ... re-introduced a bill that would ban the distribution of plastic grocery bags. ...  tried two years ago but retailers and chemicals companies successfully argued that the same results could be achieved through a recycling program and public education campaign."

" ... ... problem ... was never any follow through. ... Here's the wording from the 2007 plastic bag ban."

"Mandatory Use of Recyclable and Compostable Checkout Bags. 

   (a) No supermarket or pharmacy shall provide checkout bags other than:
     (i) recyclable paper bags;
     (ii) compostable plastic bags; and/or
     (iii) reusable bags."

What is your take?

>>> Do you use / prefer plastic bags?

>>> Do you recycle / reuse plastic bags?

Via:  WHYY  LINK

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