Indian Wells, California residents now have a new location to dispose of their plastic bags: a bin at City Hall, located at 44-950 Eldorado Drive.
There are currently no facilities to recycle the bags, so the city will be reusing them in food banks. Indian Wells grocery stores have also been stocking the bins.
Nearby Palm Springs is considering an outright ban on plastic bags, citing that 19 billion are produced annually in California and their light weight makes them difficult to contain in a landfill.
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