First city in Washington to enact plastic bag ban!

The Edmonds City Council approved the ban Tuesday night 5-1, saying plastic bags hurt the environment and are easily replaced by reusable grocery bags.

Edmonds estimates its residents carry away some 8 million disposable bags from checkout counters each year.

"They're really no more than a convenience we've gotten used to," Councilmember Strom Peterson said before the meeting. "The risk to the environment outweighs the convenience."

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Plastic Bag Bans are Spreading!

Here's the latest - I love it!

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS - April 10, 2009

EDMONDS, Wash. -- The Edmonds City Council voted to pursue a ban on plastic bags that could be adopted as soon as June.

The Everett Herald reports that would make Edmonds the first city in Washington to regulate plastic bags as a way to reduce pollution and improve the environment.