03 July, 2008

Carrots to Moskowitz. Sticks to Publix lobbyists and the Florida Legislature.


Wednesday night's planned discussion about outlawing business use of plastic bags was shelved.At Wednesday's city commission meeting, Vice Mayor Jared Moskowitz was going to ask the city attorney to draft an ordinance to keep restaurants and businesses such as CVS and Publix from using plastic bags. He wanted to encourage the use of cloth or paper bags to protect the environment.

But activists who have tried to pass similar proposals in Miami-Dade County told Moskowitz that in April, legislators decided no place in Florida could ban plastic bags until at least February 2010.

Lobbyists for Publix and other retailers had pushed the Legislature for the protection, fearing local regulation of plastic bags.

Moskowitz decided to hold off on his plan for now. He asked city staff to set up plastic bag-recycling bins.

originally reported in the Sun Sentinel

For more on this issue see here.

To voice your approval or thanks to Vice Mayor Moskowitz, please contact him here.


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