This June 2010 file photo shows a customer putting plastics bags in a recycling bin at a grocery store in Palo Alto, Calif. The Los Angeles City Council has voted to move forward with a controversial ban on single-use plastic grocery bags. (Paul Sakuma/AP/File)
6:52 pm ET -The Los Angeles City Council voted 13-to-1 to move forward with a controversial ban on single-use plastic grocery bags. Critics say itβs an example of regulatory overreach.
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