I’m not sure this is going to be any more effective than the original (ineffective) ban. Maybe I’m biased because I don’t like carrying bags around so I am accumulating more and more “reusable” bags that I never reuse.
Tons of places haven’t had plastic bags for years. It’s definitely effective.
According to the article, the use of plastic for bags has actually gone up despite the ban.
The reason it went up since the 2014 law is because of a massive, gaping loophole. It was written with plastic industry bullshit baked in, and now it’s being taken out.
Everyone were I live has used cloth or paper bags for at least the past five years. The only places that have plastic bags are corner stores.
it just requires a minimal amount of effort and foresight. you can do it.
We tried that. It failed.
When was that? I remember the vote where it was an option and it didn’t win. Instead we got the joys of paying $0.10 per bag and thicker bags.
But is bringing your own bags with you so hard? My parents are too old remember that but I never had an issue with it.
But is bringing your own bags with you so hard?
I have ADHD so yeah, sometimes. I even keep them in my car and often forget to bring them inside to actually use 'em 😩
Yes it is too hard for people. I almost never see people bring their own bags in my small town of California.
Grocery bags were banned. Durable “reusable” plastic bags were mandated and we were expected to re-use those bags and return them to the store. The reality is that we use them just like the old bags and just fork over the extra 10 cents for every visit.
This article is claiming the exact same thing, replacing the current “re-usable” bags with more durable “re-usable” bags that we will likely now pay 20 cents for and be expected to re-use them at the store.
Original Associated Press article instead of giving traffic to Voice of America
Edit: and a good LA Times article explaining the glaring flaw with the original 2014 law.
Yeah np; VOA is I feel overall pretty tame as national propaganda outlets go, but it’s nonetheless expressly conceived of and funded as a propaganda outlet, so that’s not much of a compliment.
Plus, a news agency article from its own website tends to have a better shelf life than syndicated versions of that article.
Crafty people: If you don’t already, you should learn about plarn, aka yarn made from cut up disposable plastic shopping bags.
My wife makes it and turns it into forever bags.
I’m sorry.
If you want to make them, for the sake of making them. As an art project or something, that’s fine I guess.
But as a functional blanket? That seems like the worst thing I can imagine.
There was a plastic bag ban here* in my state. Still is technically. The only problem is the idiots who shoved this through left exceptions/loopholes that allowed basically every technically rural place here able to keep using plastic bags as long as they’re “reusable” which basically just made much thicker plastic bags be the norm. It’s fucking stupid and we need to forever go back to paper.
