At Cal State Long Beach, the use of plastic bags will soon be a thing of the past, as Associated Students Inc. passes a resolution to ban their utilization.
The resolution, passed on Oct. 19 in an ASI Senate meeting, will require the campus University Student Union and 49er Shops to use paper bags and reusable bags made out of recycled material instead of plastic bags.
The plastic bag ban was proposed by ASI Senators Lizelle Felix and Sagar Ramachandra, who then forwarded the proposal to Shops Director of Bookstore Services Fred Neely.
"I feel like a big weight has been lifted off of our shoulders," Felix said, who was relieved by the resolution's passage and believes it will encourage a greener CSULB.
“We want to see take effect by next year,” Ramachandra added.
ASI student commissioner Steve Lopez believes Felix and Ramachandra deserve all the credit for the change.
“They definitely pushed for it more than anybody else and I’m sure their efforts wont go unnoticed; hopefully this change influences all students to go green,” Lopez said.
The resolution is set to take effect as early as next fall, according to ASI members.