The End Of These Bags In New York State?

The spring is finally here and across New York State, we are waiting for the good weather and the chance to get outside and cleanup the mess winter left behind. Before you start to collect the leaves, sticks and debris, you may want to consider using a bag that is biodegradable.

If you have driven past an area that has a landfill or waste transfer station, you can't help but notice a few things. The smell, the astonishing amount of things that we throw away and the mountains of trash that are piled up under the dirt and clay. In some cases, what was once a flat piece of land, now looks like a ski resort.

The Governor in New York State has plans to eliminate the use of fossil fuel appliances most residents have now and convert New York to a state that relies mostly on electric power. It is hard to swallow for some who feel natural gas is a more reliable and cheaper source of energy.

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New York has already put some of their green initiative in place. For example, when you shop at stores, or get takeout food, you no longer can get a plastic bag for your groceries or food, and you are charged for that paper bag!

WHAT CAN BE NEXT?

It would only seem to make sense that the plastic trash bags we all use would be the next thing to be banned in New York State. Surely the government offices in New York State and just about every home and business in the state use plastic trash bags for waste. In California, following the state's ban of single use/plastic grocery bags, more people purchased small plastic trash bags.