Assertion: plastic bag | /r/CapableOf | clog storm drains
Facets:
value: for long
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: Blowing down the street, flapping from trees, clogging storm drains (costing municipalities millions of dollars in cleanup costs), and making their way out to sea, plastic bags have been referred to as “urban tumbleweeds” for good reason.
text: Plastic bags not only destroy the physical infrastructure,” she says, referring to the way they clog up storm drains and other systems, “they contribute to emissions.
text: For too long, plastic bags have clogged our storm drains, littered our green spaces, and tangled in our trees,” said New York City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito, a key supporter of the New York City legislation, in a statement to NBC News after the city council voted to charge a nickel for single-use paper or plastic bags.