latimes:

L.A. City Council approves ban on supermarket plastic bags: Los Angeles today became the largest city in the nation to adopt a ban on plastic bags at supermarket checkout lines, handing a major victory to clean-water advocates who sought to reduce the amount of trash clogging landfills, the region&rsquo;s waterways and the ocean.
Photo: James Alamillo, playing the &ldquo;Bag Monster&rdquo; for Heal the Bay, gets into his role while he tries to work up the crowd before the city council voted to ban plastic bags Wednesday. Credit: Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times

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