State Lawmakers Meet With Portland Mayor About Plastic-Bag Ban

Willamette Week:

State lawmakers this afternoon met with Mayor Sam Adams about his efforts to ban plastic bags in Portland, a move that could upset plans in Salem to enact a statewide ban. The 12:30 pm meeting at City Hall doesn’t appear on Adams’ schedule, which suggests it was pulled together relatively spontaneously; a spokesman for the mayor [...]

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Posted on July 21, 2010
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  • 10:16 a.m.
    Jul 25, '10
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    if we are so attached to our plastic bags, then we need to be creative and resourceful.

    how about plastic made from hemp? hemp is legal in oregon now

    let's get on utilizing it.

    while we are at it, how about we figure out something to do with dog waste that does not involve entombing it in plastic which will never compost and sending it to the landfill?

    we have more dogs than children in Portland

    It is time to apply some creative genius to our problems.

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