Exploratory Essay on Plastic Bag Ban

Exploratory Essay Since the last decade there has been a push on society, in the United States and elsewhere, to recycle, reduce and reuse. One resource that is used thousands times a day and billion times a year is the plastic bag. Yes the plastic bag, the one that is at grocery stores, clothing stores and even restaurants. Several cities have even started to implement to some degree the plastic bag ban into their cities meaning the bags are banned from that city or there is a fine/ tax to use and purchase the plastic bags. This ban obviously has its supporters who agree with the ban and like the idea of reducing and banning the plastic use in their cities and there are the non supports who don’t think this ban is a good idea because of infection and several other problems. However, there is one other side, the manufacturers of the plastic bags and how they feel about the bans is starting to take place across America and the world. Is a ban on plastic bags really an answer to this problem that could be affecting each city in the Dallas/ Fort Worth area differently? Under the plastic bag ban each city votes to decide if the ban will be put into effect if it is brought to the cities attention by the congress people. From there the city once again votes to completely get rid of plastic bags or to just reduce the use by having a tax or fine on the plastic bags. Although this process may take several weeks to months to years to be put in place, several cities have taken the stance for the ban like San Francisco in California, Portland in Oregon, Mexico City in Mexico, Modbury in England, Delhi in India and many more.
Focusing just on the Dallas/ Fort Worth area though there has been one congress member in particular that has continuously had a fight to get the city of Dallas to even consider the plastic bag ban, Dwaine Caraway. Caraway was the previous mayor of Dallas in 2011 and started presenting to the city council in Dallas the plastic bag ban idea in