To the Editor:
I am writing this in response to Joseph Orrico’s letter concerning the banning of plastic bags (“Bag Ban Reeks,” 11/22). He implies that there is no problem with plastic bags on LBI. My wife and I routinely walk the beach in Surf City and Ship Bottom to pick up trash. I can assure Mr. Orrico that we pick up plenty of plastic bags from the beach, most of them washed up by the tides.
The scallop boats out of Viking Village are pulling up plastic bags from 140 feet down, and not one or two but…
December 6, 2017
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