Boston's Plastic Bag Ban

At our last meeting, we discussed the many countries around the world that have banned the use of plastic bags....and why can't the USA catch on??? San Francisco has officially banned plastic bags and we've heard rumblings of a similar ban being put in plase in Boston. I was fairly unsuccessful in my search for any updates since the latest information I could find on-line was from back in 2007. I did get in touch with the Boston City Counselor who is sponsoring this initiative - his response was "The legislation is currently under review by our legal department. I anticipate filing it before the City Council sometime in September." While trying to get in touch with this City Counselor, I was in contact with someone else in the office and she sent me to this website http://www.plasticbagfree.com/. "According to an article in the Boston Globe on May 11th, 2008, Rebecca Hosking, 34, was diving off of the coast in SW England and saw piles of plastic bags on the ocean floor. She called a meeting with town leaders and eventually had the bags banned." It's an interesting web site, so check it out! More updates to follow as I hear more about the ban in Boston.