{"id":3327,"date":"2009-11-22T17:25:56","date_gmt":"2009-11-22T16:25:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ethicalquote.com\/index.php\/2009\/11\/22\/retailers-packers-defend-plastic-bags\/"},"modified":"2009-11-26T11:47:49","modified_gmt":"2009-11-26T10:47:49","slug":"retailers-packers-defend-plastic-bags","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.covalence.ch\/index.php\/2009\/11\/22\/retailers-packers-defend-plastic-bags\/","title":{"rendered":"Retailers, Packers Defend Plastic Bags"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--\nAC =\n--><!-- GRAY BOX ARTICLE CONTENT--><!-- \/GRAY BOX ARTICLE CONTENT--><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theledger.com\/article\/20091122\/NEWS\/911225094\/-1\/WIRE12?Title=Retailers-Packers-Defend-Pl\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"091125_bags.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ethicalquote.com\/newTemplate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/091125_bags.jpg\" title=\"091125_bags.jpg\" alt=\"091125_bags.jpg\" align=\"right\" \/><\/a>Representatives of retail stores and the packaging industry told state environmental officials last week they shouldn&#8217;t ban disposable bags because voluntary efforts are increasing recycling and reducing the number of bags used.  \t        Their remarks at a Florida Department of Environmental Protection hearing followed the posting of a draft report last month that recommended taxing and then banning paper and plastic bags by 2015. The report was removed from the DEP Web site two days later following a firestorm of criticism.&#8221;It was a thorough, well-researched piece of work,&#8221; Fred McCormack of the Florida Dry Cleaners Coalition told a DEP hearing Thursday. Image: cutecarry.files.wordpress.com. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theledger.com\/article\/20091122\/NEWS\/911225094\/-1\/WIRE12?Title=Retailers-Packers-Defend-Pl\" target=\"_blank\">More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>News selected by Covalence | Country: USA |  Company &#8211; Ethical Quote link: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ethicalquote.com\/newTemplate\/index.php\/ethicalquote\/?value=12\" target=\"_blank\">Wal-Mart<\/a><span><\/span> | Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theledger.com\/article\/20091122\/NEWS\/911225094\/-1\/WIRE12?Title=Retailers-Packers-Defend-Pl\" target=\"_blank\">TheLedger.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Representatives of retail stores and the packaging industry told state environmental officials last week they shouldn&#8217;t ban disposable bags because voluntary efforts are increasing recycling and reducing the number of bags used. Their remarks at a Florida Department of Environmental Protection hearing followed the posting of a draft report last month that recommended taxing and&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":665,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_post_series":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[19],"post_series":[],"class_list":["post-3327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-wal-mart","entry","no-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.covalence.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.covalence.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.covalence.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.covalence.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/665"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.covalence.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3327"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.covalence.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3327\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.covalence.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.covalence.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.covalence.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3327"},{"taxonomy":"post_series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.covalence.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_series?post=3327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}