🛍 In a move supported by environmental advocacy groups like Keep Golden Isles Beautiful, Georgia lawmakers are considering a bill that would ban plastic bags at grocery stores.
It’s still up in the air whether it will move forward in legislation. However, environmental advocacy groups like Keep Golden Isles Beautiful believe the ban would limit the amount of litter left on beaches and streets.
Lea King-Badyna, the Executive Director of Keep Golden Isles Beautiful, said it’s an issue in the coastal community because the thin plastic bags that are a staple at most grocery and convenience stores are ending up hanging off trees. Volunteers with Keep Golden Isles Beautiful pick up excess garbage and litter along the coastal community, but picking up behind others only goes so far.
“If it were to pass, it would definitely be an emphasis for folks to change their personal habits and to think about how they spend their money and how they conduct their daily lives and that impacts our local community and environment,” King-Badyna said.
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