Community Corner

Poll: Should Your Town Ban Single-Use Plastic Grocery Bags?

Solana Beach becomes first city in the county to ban plastic grocery bags at stores, restaurants.

After Solana Beach became the first city in the county to ban single-use plastic grocery bags at retail outlets, Councilman Mike Nichols said:  “I’m proud … that we’re doing this. I hope that we’re not the last.”  In Lemon Grove, Patch columnist Corky Lang recently wrote:  “I have to draw a line in the sand. This wasteful practice is killing our environment, and quite simply has to stop.” Will Solana Beach’s action lead to a ban-the-bags movement here or end up in the trash bin of local history?

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