We, the Town Councilmen, encourage the use of hemp shopping

We, the Town Councilmen, encourage the use of hemp shopping bags instead of plastic bags to limit non-biodegradable garbage, we propose to ban the sale of any plastic bags for which there are hempen substitutes. The Council’s experts have argued that hempen bags are healthier for the environment, because most hemp varieties are completely biodegradable.

Which of the following, if true, suggests that the plan to ban sale of plastic bags is ill-suited to the Town Councilmen’s goal of improving the environment?


(A) Though biodegradable plastic bags are also available, the members of the Town Council believe biodegradable hempen bags are environmentally friendlier.

(B) A hemp mill in which most of the population of the town is employed plans to increase the production of biodegradable hempen bags.

(C) After other cities ordered similar measures against sale of plastic bags, the environmental improvements were not discernible for the first several years.

(D) Since most of population of the town prefer plastic bags to hempen bags for many uses, it is probable many will buy them in neighboring towns where plastic bags are available for sale

(E) Products other than hemp pulp often go into the making of bags of hemp that are totally biodegradable.