LOS ANGELES — The energy and environment committee of the City Council here was scheduled to consider a proposal Thursday to ban all paper and plastic bags in retail stores.
Opposing the proposal, the American Progressive Bag Alliance issued a statement that said: "The proposed policy will have no real impact on litter. Instead it will only force residents to purchase less environmentally-friendly alternatives like reusable bags, nearly all of which are not recyclable, are less sanitary, are made in China using foreign oil and often contain heavy metals.
"Worse, bag bans inflect a regressive tax on the disadvantaged, impose a burden on small businesses and are a threat to local manufacturing jobs."
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