The recommendation supported by both the article and the video is suspending the use of compostable bags in lieu of plastic bags. This is mentioned in the article where opponents argue that compostable bags can contaminate the recycling waste stream when mixed with regular plastic bags, making all of them unrecyclable.
Shoppers in San Francisco may get a twist on that old checkout line question if the city approves a ban on plastic grocery bags later this month Transcript
Paper or plastic won't mean the same thing for shoppers in San Francisco if some city supervisors get their way.
A proposal up for consideration would ban grocery and drug stores from using plastic bags.
In San Francisco, they're given out free and huge numbers, 180 million bags given out every single year.
They end up as a litter problem. The city has to spend tens of millions of dollars cleaning up that litter problem. They get in the ocean, and they're ingested by marine mammals, turtles, they cause huge problems there.
Supporters say the plastic bags also eat up fossil fuels. What those non-recyclable plastic bags translates into is millions and millions of barrels of oil, carbon dioxide, and the greenhouse gas emissions that it all contributes to the global warming crisis right now.
The measure would require stores to offer only bags made of recyclable paper, reusable cloth, or new bio bags that can be turned into compost. Some national retailers, including IKEA, have decided to voluntarily stop using plastic bags.
But the plastic bag ban is opposed by the California Grocers Association as potentially doing more damage
to the environment. When you put a compostable bag in the waste stream with a regular plastic bag in a, let's say in a bin to be recycled, those compostable bags contaminate the waste stream, making all of the bags unrecyclable.
Opponents also say the bag ban could end up costing consumers more at the checkout line. Haven Daley, the Associated Press, San Francisco.
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Which recommendation is supported by both the article and the video?
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suspending the use of compostable bags in lieu of plastic bags
suspending the use of compostable bags in lieu of plastic bags
implementing reuse programs at neighborhood grocery stores
implementing reuse programs at neighborhood grocery stores
switching traditional packaging with bio-based plastics
switching traditional packaging with bio-based plastics
introducing zero-waste grocery delivery to major metro areas
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