The New York Times reports today of Mayor Bloomberg's plan to begin charging 6 cents for each plastic bag used in the city. Up until now there have been a few stores like Whole Foods and Ikea that have participated in various permutations of this plan (Whole Foods stopped providing plastic bags all together which is an even more effective way to cut down on plastic waste-- if customers bring their own bag they get a discount, otherwise it's paper for no charge; ikea charges for plastic bags and sells reusable bags for a small fee). At any rate in somewhere like New York City where there is so much of everything cutting down plastic bag consumption by even a little would be a great environmental help.

Read the article here: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/07/nyregion/07bags.html?hp