Plastic Grocery Bags
Mar 28 2007, Irani

To ban plastic bags from large supermarkets in a bid to promote recycling, San Francisco becomes the first city in the US to vote on Tuesday. The city’s Board of Supervisors has approved a legislation that does not allow large supermarkets and...

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