Posted: Thursday, May. 14, 2009
RALEIGH — Plastic bags will be banned in three Outer Banks counties under a pilot program approved 47-1 Wednesday by the N.C. Senate.
Starting in September, shoppers in Dare, Currituck and Hyde counties would take home their purchases in 100 percent recycled paper.
Senate leader Marc Basnight of Dare County said the measure would apply only to the three counties, but Republican Sen. Tom Apodaca of Henderson County said he hopes the ban spreads statewide.
Supporters said discarded bags are especially a problem on barrier islands that are heavily visited by tourists and where litter on the limited land space is more obvious.
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