I wish someone would take the time to examine the cost of ridiculous laws like this. Not just the economic cost, but the insane cost in lost time for people who have to spend time dealing with this.
Another example: How many hours of time does the average American have to spend on dealing with recyclable materials - rinsing out containers, flattening boxes, separating items by type, examining plastics to see if they are acceptable, ....
Another needed study is the one that examines whether the average citizen is helped or protected by any given law or whether it was only passed to improve the finances of the government, some group, or some individual. These studies need to be done by objective researches, not liberal shills.
Thank goodness that insanity hasn’t reached our neck of the woods... yet. Garbage all goes into one bag and picked up in the same truck. No such thing as this reusable bag thing. Many years ago, there was a metal recycling center but there wasn’t any profit so it closed. No coke can recycling place, either.
The only problem is that plastic bags at our one and only grocery are so thin they break too easily so you have to double bag which defeats the purpose and there are too many holes in the bottom that we can’t use but 1 out of 20 for litter.
To these crusaders, no cost is to great, especially if it is to be borne by another.