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http:\/\/conserveturtles.org\/turtleblog\/blog\/2014\/04\/09\/urgent-call-to-action-help-a-bill-to-ban-plastic-bags-in-florida\/<\/a>\n\nUrgent Call to Action! Help a Bill to Ban Plastic Bags in Florida!\nPosted on April 9, 2014 by STC\n\nURGENT CALL TO ACTION! WE NEED YOU TO HELP FLORIDA BAN PLASTIC BAGS!\nTomorrow morning, Thursday April 10, the FL Senate Environmental\nPreservation and Conservation Committee will consider a bill that could\nhelp ban the use of many plastic bags in Florida. The bill, SB 0830\n?Carryout Bags? by Sen. Dwight Bullard from South Florida will allow\nlocal governments to adopt ordinances that prohibit stores from handing\nout free plastic carryout bags and that require a 10 cent charge for\neach recyclable paper bag. Customers are free to supply their own bags.\n\nCurrently Florida law prohibits local governments from enacting bans on\nplastic bags. This bill would overturn the existing law and establish\nuniform statewide standards for cities and counties that want to\nimplement plastic bag rules. It simply allows citizens and their local\ngovernments the authority to ban plastic bags if they so choose.\n\nThe bill provides that the bag ordinance can only apply to large stores\nmeeting at least $2 million in gross annual sales, or that have at least\n10,000 square feet of floor space. (Mom and pop stores are exempt.)\n\nhttp:\/\/www.flsenate.gov\/Session\/Bill\/2014\/0830<\/a><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
http:\/\/conserveturtles.org\/turtleblog\/blog\/2014\/04\/09\/urgent-call-to-action-help-a-bill-to-ban-plastic-bags-in-florida\/ Urgent Call to Action! Help a Bill to Ban Plastic Bags in Florida! Posted on April 9, 2014 by STC URGENT CALL TO ACTION! WE NEED YOU TO HELP FLORIDA BAN PLASTIC BAGS! Tomorrow morning, Thursday April 10, the FL Senate Environmental Preservation and Conservation Committee will consider a bill that could help ban the use of many plastic bags in Florida. The bill, SB 0830 ?Carryout Bags? by Sen. Dwight Bullard from South Florida will allow local governments to adopt ordinances that prohibit stores from handing out free plastic carryout bags and that require a 10 cent charge for each recyclable paper bag. Customers are free to supply their own bags. Currently Florida law prohibits local governments from enacting bans on plastic bags. This bill would overturn the existing law and establish uniform statewide standards for cities and counties that want to implement plastic bag rules. It simply allows citizens and their local governments the authority to ban plastic bags if they so choose. The bill provides that the bag ordinance can only apply to large stores meeting at least $2 million in gross annual sales, or that have at least 10,000 square feet of floor space. (Mom and pop stores are exempt.) http:\/\/www.flsenate.gov\/Session\/Bill\/2014\/0830<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3504,3488],"tags":[3557,3610],"yoast_head":"\nUrgent Call to Action! Help a Bill to Ban Plastic Bags in Florida! - One Earth - One Ocean e. 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Tomorrow morning, Thursday April 10, the FL Senate Environmental Preservation and Conservation Committee will consider a bill that could help ban the use of many plastic bags in Florida. The bill, SB 0830 ?Carryout Bags? by Sen. Dwight Bullard from South Florida will allow local governments to adopt ordinances that prohibit stores from handing out free plastic carryout bags and that require a 10 cent charge for each recyclable paper bag. Customers are free to supply their own bags. Currently Florida law prohibits local governments from enacting bans on plastic bags. This bill would overturn the existing law and establish uniform statewide standards for cities and counties that want to implement plastic bag rules. It simply allows citizens and their local governments the authority to ban plastic bags if they so choose. 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