Some Grocery Stores Continue To Ban Reusable Bags, Despite Low Risk Of COVID-19 Spread
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Clare Skeehan holds up her reusable bag she was unable to use on her grocery shopping trip.
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The pandemic has led to a lot of confusion about whether it s safe to bring reusable bags into grocery stores. While some stores allow them, others don’t. The science on how the virus spreads has evolved and some question the need to continue reusable bag bans.
The environment has been important to Indianapolis resident Clare Skeehan for a long time. She’s vegetarian, she recycles, and of course she always brings her reusable bags to the grocery store.
hierarchy, the top of the hierarchy is production. the measures are online and policy, to deal with plastic bags, plastic water bottles, plastic packaging, food service ware, balloons. these are all reduction measures and it will go a long way to promote source reduction restores emission resource emissions and conservation. there is something else i wanted to say. so, we basically supports the policy. we are available to answer questions if you have such and look forward to doing so in the future. thank you. thank you. good afternoon, commissioners. i am very excited about the proposed policy. i am so pleased is before you. i am grateful to the staff who worked on at. these of the kinds of things we would like to see replicated throughout the city. it sets away and a president that i hope will be copied by other city departments it sets a away and a precedent that i hope will be copied by other city departments. and england s, when you look at the scientific data on
with that? they have to prove their expenses, and we would go through those expensive and fine them to be reasonable or unreasonable. if they were unreasonable, we might approve some, not all. in this is where we have a grievance that could actually go to the relocation board, which is an active part of the rent control board in san francisco. any other questions or comments? thank you. all in favor? aye. motion approved. item 10 b a presentation for a zero waste policy including plastic bottles, plastic food where, and pollution. good afternoon, commission. i m here to talk about the proposed policy for zero waste events and activities. the primary goal is to make sure that food waste is better generated at events and to protect marine wildlife. there is a long history of concern. uygur more of this than ever. a goes back to we hear more of this than ever. it goes back to the six-back rains, and today we hereabouts we hear about promotional events. we also
future. thank you. thank you. good afternoon, commissioners. i am very excited about the proposed policy. i am so pleased is before you. i am grateful to the staff who worked on at. these of the kinds of things we would like to see replicated throughout the city. it sets away and a president that i hope will be copied by other city departments it sets a away and a precedent that i hope will be copied by other city departments. and england s, when you look at the scientific data on how harmful that is. city supervisors started to consider it years ago, and it fell through the cracks. also, the banning of single use of plastic water bottles is so very important. miriam gordon was waiting here a long time but was not able to speak, just could not stay, and she asked me to 2 per portion. she is the director of clean water action, and she says the clean water action supports item 10 b, eliminating waste and pollution at its source. i urge strongly to support this measure, an
have today and bring this back as an action item. that concludes my presentation. i m available for questions if you have them. alex? good afternoon, commissioners. i started with good morning. [laughter] long gone. my name is alex dmitri. i want to commend the port staff for drafting a policy that is so effective and simply put, the principal hierarchy of these materials, and is simply says we do reuse and recycle. the point is, reduce is in the top 10 of the hierarchy. what we re saying as far as materials management is that reduction of material has a single beneficial impact on the environment, which you cannot reduce, reuse as much as possible, and only after you ve done the reduction, then you recycle. again, i stressed the hierarchy, the top of the hierarchy is production. the measures are online and policy, to deal with plastic bags, plastic water bottles, plastic packaging, food service ware, balloons. these are all reduction measures and it will go a long way to