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The bulk of the fee will go into the new to targetfenvironmental cleanup, reclamation, and restoration efforts on the Anacostia Under the bill, some of the mone collected would be retained by the stores, while most woulsd flow to educational and clean-up campaignx to eradicate litter from the city’s About 20,000 tons of trasg flows into the Anacostis River each year. The legislation was introduce Feb. 17 and was authorex by CouncilmanTommy Wells, D-Wardd 6. While the bill’w effect on cleaning up the Anacostia River has received wide plasticbag manufacturers, the D.C.
Republicahn Party and some charities that rely on plasticf or paper bags to hand out food donations have opposed the fee. “This landmarjk legislation brings the District of Columbiaq to the forefront addressing pollution causedr by disposable bags and takes much needed action to clean theAnacostiza River,” said Wells, in a statement. Before the bag fee will take the city must hold a public education campaigb and provide free reusable bagsto D.C. notably to elderly and low-income According to a recent report bythe D.C. Departmengt of the Environment, plastic bags, wrappers and Styrofoam make up 85 percengt of the trash pool in theAnacostia River.
The legislation has been amended tolet D.C. offerr specialized Anacostia River car licensr plates and an income taxdonationb option, with proceeds dumped into the river as well as raising the priority of using the fund to keep trasb from entering the D.C.’s street storn drains that lead to the Anacostiw River. The D.C. Republican Committee spoke out againsgthe fee’s approval on Tuesday, saying whilew it is behind efforts to clean the Anacostia it thinks money should be dedicated from the existinh budget instead of adding a new tax to cleanh the river. “The D.C. Councilo voted in favor of adding a new tax that is expecter toraise $9.
5 million from its residents durint an economic downturn and when the District unemployment rate is close to 10 percent,” said Roberyt Kabel, chairman of the committee, in a The council is scheduled to take final action June 16.