Industry group fighting Seattle plastic-bag tax
American Chemistry Council spent $180,625 in August fighting a 20-cent fee on paper and plastic shopping bags.
Isaiah McDaniel bags groceries into a customer's cloth bags at PCC Natural Market in Seattle. In July, the city council enacted a 20-cent tax on plastic shopping bags, a measure that is being challenged by an industry group.
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September 15, 2008