He dismissed the suggestion that the public dependency on disposable bags was somehow beyond rehabilitation.
A 5-cent surcharge per disposable bag in Washington, D.C., cut bag use 80 percent within a year by some estimates.
The city said a similar program in Ireland helped reduce the use of disposable bags by 90percentt.
While small, disposable bags are being handed out at stadiums, the league has not missed a chance to produce a line of see-through merchandise, including tote bags, messenger bags and drawstring backpacks with team logos.
Her husband, Kurt, an engineer and federal employee, sometimes seems to be baiting her by placing plastic yogurt cups in the garbage or leaving the reusable shopping bags in the car and coming home with disposable bags instead.
But, he added, if by next week the eyas has not freed itself from the disposable bag, then a Long Island-based wildlife rehabilitator, Bobby Horvath, will attempt a rescue with a long-poled net.
From the largest supermarkets to the most modest corner store or market stall, shopkeepers will be compelled to charge customers at least 5p for the convenience of taking their goods home in a disposable bag.
She has a line of thin pouches called Handy Disposable Bags that are large enough to accommodate a handful of aromatics, like bay leaves, thyme sprigs, dried orange peel, coriander seeds and peppercorns.
Moreover, they say, a nickel tax may not be high enough to discourage many shoppers from using disposable bags, and the revenue will make Connecticut dependent on a tax that should instead be aimed at weening shoppers from the plastic bags.
Since Jan . 1 when Washington, D.C. slapped a 5-cent tax on disposable bags (plastic or paper) distributed by retailers selling food, disposable bag use has plummeted.
