b'What is The Future of SingleUse Plastic Bags?OK,sothetitleofthisarticleisabitrhetoricalsincetherehasbeenacalltoreduceandoreliminateplasticsfromtheenvironmentsincetheearly2000s.Simplyput,thefutureofplastic,especiallysingleuse plastic bags is bleak. The trend to moveaway from single use plastic bags started intheearly2000swithCaliforniabeingthefirst state to ban them in 2014. It should benotedupfrontthatdrycleanerbagswereexemptfromthebanandaregenerallyexemptfromallstateandlocalbansatleastsofar.Singleuseplasticbagswereintroduced to the public in the late 70s and Keeping up with Local Initiativesearly 80s.And quickly became very popularingroceryandconvenientstores.Why? Its one thing to be able to follow and addressBecausetheywerelessexpensivethen FederalandStatelegislationwithregardtopaper.singleusebags,butitsawholeotherissueStates that Currently Ban Single Use Bags when local jurisdictions and counties addresstheseissues.ItsatthislevelwherelocalCurrentlyeightstateshavebannedsingle ordinances,rulesandlawscanjustsneakbyuse bags in some form or another, including withouteveranyonereallyknowingaboutCalifornia,Connecticut,Delaware,Hawaii, them.LastyearwiththehelpandwatchfulMaine,NewYork,OregonandVermont. eyeoftheCaliforniaCleanersAssociationHowever, several hundred local jurisdictions (CCA)anditsmembers,DLIandCCAworkedandcountiesacrossthecountryhave togethertofendoffthecityofLosAngelesadoptedsimilartypesoflawswhichwill whichhadattemptedtobansingleusebagscontinue to grow with each passing day. including drycleaning bags. Page.04MWDLI.org 800-638-2627 MidwestDLI@gmail.com'