Clash over plastic bag ban

Environmentalists and employers clashed at a City Council hearing Wednesday over a proposal to ban both paper and plastic single-use bags. Daily News.

Environmental groups have hailed the plan to outlaw disposable bags, which would be among the state's most stringent bans by prohibiting paper and plastic. But plastics industry groups call the proposal a job-killer.

Kathy Brown, general manager of Crown Poly in Huntington Park, said a city ban on plastic bags would force layoffs at her company, which employs 300 people.