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Florida Department of Environmental Protection
The Department of Environmental Protection is the lead agency in
state government for environmental management and stewardship and is
one of the more diverse agencies in state government, protecting our
air, water, and land. The Department is divided into three primary
areas: Regulatory Programs, Land and Recreation and Planning and
Management. Florida's environmental priorities include restoring
America's Everglades, improving air quality, restoring and protecting
the water quality in our springs, lakes, rivers and coastal waters,
conserving environmentally-sensitive lands and providing citizens and
visitors with recreational opportunities, now and in the future.
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DEP Releases Retail Bags Report
~Report presents options for encouraging the use of reusable retail
bags and reducing the use of single-use retail bags in Florida~
After gathering public input from numerous stakeholders and organizations, the Florida Department
of Environmental Protection (DEP) today released its report on the need for new or different
regulation of retail bags to Governor Charlie Crist and the Florida Legislature. The Energy, Climate
Change and Economic Security Act of 2008 directed the DEP to perform an analysis and submit a
comprehensive report on the “necessity and efficacy” of retail bags regulation by February 1,
2010.
The report provides an assessment of the impacts associated with current use and disposal of
retail bags as well as an analysis of potential options that seek to reduce single-use bags and
encourage the use of reusable bags. Each option is presented with the potential pros and cons of
implementation in an effort to provide policymakers the information needed to weigh and balance the
effect of proposed actions on the environment, regulated community and the consumer.
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Last updated:
March 19, 2010
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