I suppose that if the true causes of climate change were tackled, there'd be
less concern about plastic bags. But then there's that huge island of
plastic floating in our oceans. It's like every solution leads to another
problem.
Miriam
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The issue is that for people that don't have the luxury of driving to the
store having to bring reusable bags is an added inconvenience and many of
the canvas bags are difficult to carry and don't seem to hold as much. I am
old enough to remember that at one time plastic bags were considered a
panacea because people weren't using as many trees by not using paper bags.
The problem with the California law in addition is that stores can charge up
to .10 for each bag and there are concerns about how this will impact low
income people.
Chuck
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Hi
While I agree in theory with banning plastic bags I have a problem. Where
we live, I have a trash shoot for all trash. I reuse all the plastic bags I
get from the stores. Usually I use cloth bags for groceries but just get
enough plastic bags for trash. If they outlaw plastic bags, we will need to
buy bags at the store. reusing bags makes more sense than buying them.
Perhaps a lot of people don't do this though.
Marsha
