But Hamilton Mayor Andrew King has not yet committed to the growing movement against single-use plastic bags. Seven elected members of Hamilton City Council had told Hamilton News they were personally in favour of a mandatory nationwide plastic bag levy. "I think a levy is a perfectly fine place to start and I'm very in favour of it," she said regarding the nationwide campaign for a mandatory plastic bag levy. Plastic Bag Free Hamilton East collaborates with Hamilton Farmers' Market to encourage the minimisation of the use of plastic bags there, too, using the fact that customers there are conscious shoppers as a springboard. ****MAYORS WHO HAVE SIGNED THE OPEN LETTERNeil Holdom New Plymouth District Council YWayne Guppy Upper Hutt YGrant Smith Palmerston North City Council YSteve Chadwick Rotorua District Council YRachel Reese Nelson City Council YHon John Carter QSO Far North District Council YDavid Ayers Waimakariri District Council YSam Broughton Selwyn District Council YSheryl Mai Whangarei District Council YLyn Patterson Masterton District Council YDave Cull Dunedin City Council YLawrence Yule Hastings District Council YSandra Goudie Thames-Coromandel YPhil Goff Auckland City Council YJustin Lester Wellington City Council YJim Boult Queenstown Lakes District Council YMeng Foon Gisborne District Council YAlex Walker Central Hawke's Bay YHelen Worboys Manawatu District Council YMichael Feyen Horowhenua District Council YGreg Gent Kaipara District Council YAndy Watson Rangitikei District Council YCraig Little Wairoa District Council YBryan Cadogan Clutha District Council YJohn Booth Carterton YLianne Dalziel Christchurch YGarry Howard Buller District YRay Wallace Hutt City YTim Shadbolt Invercargill City Council YWinton Dalley Hurunui YK Gurunathan Kapiti YHamish McDouall Wanganui YMalcolm Campbell Kawerau District YJohn Tregidga Hauraki District YJohn Forbes Opotiki District Council YJohn Leggett Marlborough District Council YBruce Smith Westland District Council YMike Tana Porirua YGraham Smith Mackenzie District council YMalcolm Campbell Kawerau District YTim Cadogan Central Otago YJenny Shatlock South Waikato District Council Y****REGIONAL COUNCILLORS WHO HAVE SIGNED THE OPEN LETTERStephen Woodhead Otago Regional Council YRex Grahamn Hawke's Bay Regional Council YChris Laidlaw Greater Wellington Regional Council YDouglas Leeder Bay of Plenty Regional Council Y

Source: New Zealand Herald July 01, 2017 05:48 UTC