Plastic bag ban approved

bniolet — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 11:09:12 -0400

The Senate gave final approval Monday night to a ban on plastic bags in grocery stores.

The ban applies to three coastal counties Dare, Currituck and Hyde and is meant to keep the bags from polluting the landscape.

The day after the Senate voted 44 to 2 to concur with the House version of the bill, the Civitas Institute released the results of a poll showing a majority of state residents oppose such bans.

The poll asked 600 voters "Would you support or oppose a law banning retail and grocery stores from providing plastic bags to shoppers?"

According to the poll, 58 percent opposed such a ban and 31 percent said they were in support. The remaining 11 percent were unsure.

The proposed ban is least popular in the 252 area code — eastern North Carolina — which encompasses the barrier islands, where only 28 percent of voters said they supported the ban and 62 percent said they were opposed to it, said Civitas Institute Executive Director Francis De Luca.

Another poll finds more support after the jump.

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