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28/05/2012
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Sorocaba City approved a bill requiring the distribution of biodegradable plastic bags
The Board of Sorocaba (SP) approved a bill requiring the free supply of biodegradable plastic bags in supermarkets in the city. The return of the plastic bag, which also will undergo a vote next week, depends on the sanction of the law by Mayor Vitor Lippi (PSDB). The use of sacolinhas plain plastic wrap purchases in supermarkets are prohibited since January, due to a city ordinance and also an agreement between the state government and the Paulista Association of Supermarkets (Apas).
The bill provides that supermarkets and other commercial retailers, wholesalers or service providers provide free plastic bags green (oxybiodegradable) or returnable to their consumers. In case of failure, is expected warning, a fine of R$ 500 on recurrence and persisting, the revocation of business licenses.
For the project's author, Councilman Mario Marte (PPS), the return of the bag serves the "public outcry", since the suspension of delivery did not reduce the harm to the environment and harmed consumers. "Challenge a supermarket owner to prove that the products passed the savings with the plastic bag," he said. According to him, transfer to the purchaser the burden of packaging products violates the Code of Consumer Protection. "Protecting the environment is also the obligation of the dealer," he said. The Apas will stand if the law is finally approved.
Source: Ig News
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