St. Mary's Law Journal
Abstract
This Article addresses the developing state of plastic bag bans in Texas municipal and state jurisprudence. The Article recites the history of plastic bag bans and their impacts on the environment, the issues pertinent to municipal powers as regulatory devices, and analyzes the most recent case regarding bag bans in Texas, which is the Texas Supreme Court’s opinion in City of Laredo v. Laredo Merchants Association. The Article makes suggestions about how to move forward in developing municipal plastic bag bans for the benefit of the environment, and addresses the immediate impacts of bag ban litigation and legislation in Texas.
First Page
271
Last Page
307
Date Created
4-2020
Publisher
St. Mary's University School of Law
Editor
William Todd Keller, Jr.
Recommended Citation
David Brewster,
The Lasting Impacts of Mass Consumerism and the Disposable Culture: A Proposition for the Development of Plastic Shopping Bag Bans in Texas Law,
51
St. Mary's L.J.
271
(2020).
Available at:
https://commons.stmarytx.edu/thestmaryslawjournal/vol51/iss2/1
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