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I wish we could federalize a ban on single use plastics.
Yeah these plastic bag laws were a convenient way to make people feel like something was done and the problem was solved. We've moved on. It's "uplifting news". Mission Accomplished.
Where are the efforts to reduce the other 99% of single use plastic waste in the grocery store? It's full of plastic bottles of water most people could do without, bags of candy where each individual piece is also wrapped in plastic, you can find this shit in every aisle.
And the irony is that I actually reused the plastic bags that got banned, whereas the paper bags aren't useful and get thrown out. Now if I want small plastic bags I have to buy them. The plastic grocery bags were good for daily cat litter disposal and other small trash can lining.
If you reuse old plastic bags, how does this ban on stores giving them away even affect you?
Did you read the full comment? They said they reuse them for cat litter disposal and wastebasket liners. Y'know, the sort of things for which someone would normally purchase single-use plastics anyways.
I'm happy to reuse a bag after it's held canned goods and fresh produce. Cat poop and used tissues? Not so much. My old stock only lasted so long.
my bad I somehow didn't see that