through the plastic bag: a look at new york streets prior to the plastic bag ban
by Tonieann Harvey The Government has implemented a bill that will take effect March 2020 that will ban plastic bags.With many people thinking ahead to what chaos that will cause,the search for local businesses to find a new way to help their customers with their shopping begins.However this ban on plastic will do the city good as it will eliminate a big problem which is plastic bags littering the streets and blocking drains. This yellow non recyclable plastic bag was left at the corner of the street next to a local bodega. When local businesses don't have trash bins close by the customers seem to make the floor the solution for their waste disposal. Which by NYC laws the owners could be fined $100-$300. This plastic bag will either be picked up by sanitation department or it will be left there until it is either blown away by the wind or washed down the drains. Single-use plastic bags are not recyclable bags so they end up in landfills, where they take thousan...
