Pleasantville Considers Banning Plastic Bags

PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y. -- An environmental group recently proposed a ban on single-use plastic bags to the village Board of Trustees, according to theexaminernews.com.

An environmental group proposed a plastic bag ban in Pleasantville at a recent board meeting.
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Joe Jenkins

07/31/2014 2:30 p.m.

The group claimed that about 435 million plastic bags are used in Westchester and surrounding areas each year and that only 4-8 percent are properly recycled, theexaminernews.com reported.

Some Westchester municipalities have already implemented a ban, including Rye and Hastings-on-Hudson, theexaminernews.com said.

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