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SACRAMENTO, Cal stanley cup if. AP 鈥?Since California adop stanley cup ted the nation s first ban on single-use plastic shopping bags in 2014, most grocery stores have turned to thicker, reusable plastic bags that are supposed to be recyclable.But Attorney General Rob Bonta is now investigating whether the bags are truly recyclable as required by law. We ve all been to the store and forgotten to bring our reusable bags, Bonta said recently. At least the plastic bags we buy at the register for 10 cents have those chasing arrows that say they are 100 stanley cup becher % recyclable, right Perhaps wrong. He asked six bag manufacturers to back up their claims that the bags can be recycled and threatened legal action that could include banning the bags temporarily or issuing multimillion-dollar fines.His office declined to say last week how many of the companies responded, citing an ongoing investigation. The American Chemistry Council, a plastics industry group, said that manufacturers disagree with Bonta s characterization.Other states, including New York, New Jersey and Oregon, have followed California in banning single-use plastic bags. Beyond California, only a handful of states require that stores take back plastic bags for recycling, with Maine first adopting such a law in 1991, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.Policy experts and advocates estimate that just 6% of plastics are recycled in the United States, with the remaining burned, trashed or littered. More plastic bags ended up in Ca Pftu Businesses upset over safety road updates along Himes Avenue, say road is worse than before
Clearwater, Fla stanley cup nz . 鈥?After years of complaints Clearwater city leaders believe they ve finally found a way to stop beachgoers from parking on the north end. But, some homeowners still aren t happy. City council approved several new measures at their work session last week. The plan is to take dow stanley termosky n the beach access signs at four of the public beach spots on the north end. You will still be able to access the beach there, but not park. Well i can understand it because if I lived stanley quencher here I wouldn t want all of the traffic here either, said Gina Cantrell. It is kind of nice to be able to just stop to get views without having to walk far. The city also plans to get rid of the meters on Mandalay Ave, and putting up residential zone, no beach parking signs at the entrance to the subdivision. Patt Magee, and many of her neighbors don t like that move. We have no place foro ur company to park, she said. It does make it hard and taking away those meters will just make it worse. Some neighbors mentioned covering the no parking signs when they have guests over, but the city says that s illegal. But that is the only solution I could see how we could possibly make it work, said Magee.