{"id":7497,"date":"2010-09-13T08:00:29","date_gmt":"2010-09-13T11:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.funverde.org.br\/blog\/?p=7497"},"modified":"2010-09-13T08:00:29","modified_gmt":"2010-09-13T11:00:29","slug":"texas-fee-to-use-plastic-bags-after-ban-in-brownsville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.funverde.org.br\/blog\/texas-fee-to-use-plastic-bags-after-ban-in-brownsville\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas &#8211; Fee to use plastic bags after ban in Brownsville"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3372\/3483536492_bcb46471f8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"335\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Under new changes to the ban on plastic bags in Brownsville, shoppers will be charged an extra dollar for every transaction in which they use plastic bags after the ban goes into effect.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Starting January 5, the use of plastic bags will be banned inside the Brownsville city limits in effort to go green.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\">&#8220;We want to have a beautiful city,\u201d Commissioner Edward Camarillo said. \u201cWe want to make sure that we take care of the environment.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\">But the law will not affect all businesses. Camarillo says amendments to the ban will target mostly convenience stores and supermarkets, big and small.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Even the Sunrise Mall will be impacted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\">&#8220;We exempted cleaners, for example, garments that may be plastic material. That wasn&#8217;t the issue and so we defined those. Pharmaceutical, Small hardware stores,&#8221; he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Shoppers at the A&amp;V Lopez Supermarket on International Blvd were mostly in favor the ban, as well as a $1 surcharge for using plastic bags after the ban goes into effect.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\">\u201cI think it\u2019s good,\u201d Mirasalba Hernandez said. &#8220;I already have my recyclable bags.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\">The surcharge would be handed out by the stores. &#8220;Those funds would be given back to city for clean up and environmental projects,&#8221; Camarillo added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\">He also said that over the next few months they will especially target the Downtown and Southmost areas because they will they will have the toughest time transitioning to the new ordinance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\">The City of Brownsville will host a number of events in the upcoming months to hand out recyclable bags, and to exchange them for plastic ones:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\">\u2022\u00a0September 22 from 8-5 p.m., All major supermarkets<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0September 25 from 9-12 p.m., HEB on Elizabeth Street<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0October 22 from 8-5 p.m., All major supermarkets<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0October 25 from 8-5 p.m., All major supermarkets<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Fonte &#8211; Valley Central, 09\/09\/2010<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Imagem &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hy-vee\/\">Hy-Vee, Inc.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Under new changes to the ban on plastic bags in Brownsville, shoppers will be charged an extra dollar for every transaction in which they use plastic bags after the ban goes into effect. 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