The City Council said last Tuesday that there will be no more plastic shopping bags in stores beginning July 1, 2010. Shoppers can either bring their own bags or pay 25 cents for a paper bag.

City officials said the ban is meant to reduce waste in Los Angeles, which uses about 2.3 billion plastic bags a year.

The council also informed the government that they want a bill that would charge at least 15 cents per paper bag.

Last year, San Francisco passed the nation’s first bag ban, which took effect in November.

Banning plastic shopping bags is a good idea. It is better to use paper bags since they can be recycled. This banning should also be done in our country to reduce waste.