Should Utah ban single-use bags?
California voters decided in November to ban single-use plastic bags from grocery stores, and the Utah state legislature considered a bill last year that would have charged grocery store customers 10 cents per single-use paper or plastic bag. The Daily Universe interviewed Jani Iwamoto, the Utah state senator who introduced last year’s bill, and Brent Beardsley, the public programs manager at the Loveland Living Planet Aquarium, to learn more about single-use plastic bags in Utah.