JEREMY HOBSON: Well Just in the last week two places on opposite sides of the country have voted to ban plastic bags at supermarkets — Santa Clara County here in Calif. and the village of Southampton in N.Y. Both places are following the lead of the city of San Francisco which became the first U.S. city to ban plastic bags at stores four years ago.
Now, it looks like a Chicago suburb wants to take the next step as Odette Yousef reports from Chicago Public Radio.
ODETTE YOUSEF: Evanston city council member Coleen Burrus wants to cut down on waste. So she introduced a proposal to charge 5 cents for every plastic or paper bag that shoppers pick up at the checkout line.
COLEEN BURRUS: I consider this ordinance an opening salvo.
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