The Associated Press
The Mukilteo City Council voted Monday night in favor of banning single-use plastic bags.
The measure is aimed at cutting pollution in Puget Sound and the ocean where plastic bags can harm whales, seals and salmon. In 2010, a beached grey whale in West Seattle was found with 20 plastic bags in its stomach.
With this new policy, Mukilteo becomes the third city in the state to ban plastic bags, joining Bellingham and Edmonds. The Seattle City Council is also considering a plastic bag ban.
