And I am delighted! A drop of sanity in an ocean of crazy!
I don’t see why we all can’t bring our own bags and eliminate
the paper and plastic.
"That's a relief!"
I recycle my store plastic bags as trash bags and doggie waste disposal. If they banned them I would just have to buy plastic bags to use for that. These people are so stupid and short sighted.
Where’s that bill that bans tin foils? That’s what I want to know.
person who proposed the bill
Ban plastic bags, ban plastic water bottles, ban this, ban that. What are they going to ban next - chewing gum?
How about enforcing litter laws? How about enforcing recycling? How about punishing those who are not responsible enough?
Not at all surprising to find out the Sierra Club favors large scale breeding of salmonela and 3-coli ~ which is what happens when you substitute cloth sacks for throw away plastic bags.
Nancy Pelosi must feel relieved.
A similar tax in Ireland cut bag usage by 90%.
+1 for the people.
-1 for the environuts.
Many people recycle these bags for dog poop, etc. And most of us (particularly those who walk) don’t want to carry ugly bags everywhere just in case we decide to make a purchase.
I remember the advent of plastic bags in the 70’s. They were touted by the environmentally ‘conscious’ of the day as being an attractive alternative to destroying living trees for the sake of paper bags. Granolas were walking around asking each other, “Do you know how many trees had to die to make that bag”? Never mind that the answer was in the neighborhood of 1/10000th of one tree, it was the sentiment that mattered apparently. Giant Foods even issued books (printed on paper) celebrating their socially responsive policies. Concurrently, they also dedicated an aisle in the store to Generic products. No brand names, just the product name in black and white. Paper Towels, macaroni, maple syrup, and my favorite, Beer which was surprisingly good (and cheap!). Just a white can with one word printed on it in black...BEER. It still makes me laugh just thinking about it. I’m sorry, what were we talking about? Oh right, you tried those gel inserts for your shoes...so what did you think? Do they work? Uh huh. Uh huh.
Next thing you know democrats will declare the lowly aglet is an existential threat to this 6,585,000,000,000,000,000,000 ton ball of iron we live on and must be regulated.
Can these fools make themselves any more irrelevant?
Me too. Plastic bag ban in my hometown...local 2nd hand store tells me they will use paper bags for next month, then start charging for them.
I’m so glad the bag ban bill died. Now, I can free up much needed storage space of the bundles of plastic bags I’ve been hoarding. I’ll be going back to my re-useable bags and dumping the thousands of plastics I’ve amassed in the recycling bin.
Ironic, ain’t it? That’s Caleee-fahnya!
Ban newspapers!!! Dang things are always making a mess and employing the most degenerate people in society to write them. Ban newspapers - save the planet - for the chilren!!!!
Now for Plan B: Time to go judge shopping.