The state senate has passed a bill that would create a ban on plastic bag bans. The bill earlier cleared the Assembly and is headed to the governor’s desk. The measure would prohibit communities from banning plastic bags. Elizabeth Ward with the Wisconsin Sierra Club-John Muir Chapter says communities should be able able to control bags and other containers that are becoming a source of pollution. Ward says plastic bags end up littering roadways and waterways. A study by the U.S. Geological Survey of local streams and rivers found an array of pollutants in water samples. Retailers and business groups are concerned that bans on plastic bags in individual communities would lead to a patchwork of regulation and higher business costs.
