On Tuesday, Los Angeles became the largest city in the nation to ban single-use plastic bags. In a historic vote that the environmental group Heal The Bay hailed as a model for the state and the rest of the country, the Los Angeles City Council voted to end the use of plastic bags by Jan. 1, 2014 in the case of large stores, and by July 1, 2014 in smaller stores.
“We’ve seen plastic bags clogging our gutters, polluting our rivers and piling up on our beaches,” said Councilmember José Huizar after Tuesday's vote. Huizar chairs the city council’s Energy and Environment Committee, which crafted the policy to ban plastic bags.
As the accompanying video shows, a cross section of people in Huizar's Eagle Rock and Highland Park constituency appear to agree with the city council’s rationale for banning plastic bags. Others have mixed feelings or tend to disagree.
What's your view about plastic bags? Why do you think they should be banned or retained?
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