Banning plastic could be in the bag this year

Connecticut would join Hawaii and California in banning plastic bags at retail check-outs, under a proposal that would finally bring the town of Westport's successful 5-year-old ban to the state's other 168 municipalities. Lobbyists for the state's supermarkets are opposed to it, but with a new Legislature and new leadership on its Environment Committee , state Rep. John Hennessy , D-Bridgeport, believes the measure can pass this year, especially after California's statewide ban was approved in September and will take effect in July.



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