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Pittsburgh recently joined a growing number of local governments, including Philadelphia, that have approved a ban on single-use plastic bags at the register at stores.
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The legislation will not take effect until 2023.
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The ordinance would mean that starting next year, shoppers would not have the options to use single-use plastic bags. They can bring their own reusable bags or purchase paper bags.
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After a pandemic-induced delay, Philadelphia’s ban on single-use plastic bags is in full effect, enforcement and all.
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Pittsburgh City Council has been talking about banning single-use plastic bags for almost a year now, and took up legislation to do so this past November.
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The legislation is meant to decrease the presence of single-use plastic bags in Pittsburgh, which comprise 8% of the city's litter.
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Environmental advocacy nonprofit PennEnvironment released a letter Wednesday signed by 100 Pittsburgh businesses and organizations in support of a plastic bag ban, an ordinance expected to come before City Council later this fall.
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On today’s program: Dan Gilman with the City of Pittsburgh explains how the mayor’s office wants to use $335 million from the American Rescue Plan to raise city salaries, stalled by the pandemic, and advance affordable housing; Pittsburgh City Councilor Erika Strassburger weighs in on why the city should ban single-use plastic bags, a policy that’s now possible under the new state budget; and the state is asking residents to put away bird baths and feeders to reduce the spread of a mysterious illness among songbirds that’s causing neurological symptoms and death.
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The Republican-controlled legislature did not renew a statewide preemption on single-use plastics, opening the door for cities and municipalities to institute their own bans.
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A new survey finds plastic pollution in every Pennsylvania waterway that was tested across the state. The nonprofit PennEnvironment Research and Policy…