Manufacturing paper bags requires more energy resources and generates more “greenhouse gases” than plastic bags.
We are certainly not running out of landfill space in the US.
This is purely a litter problem. Just enforce the anti-litter laws. Not just for plastic bags but all the other crap that slobs throw into the street or by the side of the road.
I’d rather people re-use plastic bags for poop scooping. I’d rather see a plastic bag in a tree than step in Rover’s droppings. Wouldn’t you?
Ah. In a perfect world... :)
Don’t worry. If they can’t ban plastic bags, they will find a way to chip both the bags and the person who last used them at the check-out line to track every bag across the nation and nail the offending polluters to the wall!
Big Brother can’t WAIT implement it on you and me. And you thought this foolishness was going to stop with smoking bans? With trans-fat bans? *SMIRK*
Amen to that! Unfortunately we're at the point where enforcement isn't enough, we need a cultural shift as well. I long for the days when littering just wasn't considered socially acceptable.