Plastic bag ban supported by rural leaders

Rural politicians sayplastic grocery bags cause pollution and they want them banned.

Members of the Saskatchewan Association ofRural Municipalities passed a resolution this week calling on SARMto lobbytheSaskatchewan government to ban thesale and use of thebags.

SARMwasholding itsmid-year conference in Saskatoon this week. The two-day conference ends today.

SARM members also passed resolutions in favour of establishing a muskrat control program and a drug-testing-in-workplace policyfor municipal offices.