California governor signs law banning all plastic shopping bags at grocery stores.
California governor signs law banning all plastic shopping bags at grocery stores.
Under the measure to take effect in 2026, shoppers will still be able to purchase bags made of thicker plastic that purportedly makes them reusable and recyclable
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They did this in ny. I never remember to bring a bag. I walk to everything and I'm not always planning on going shopping so I end up with a garbage bag filled with reusable bags that I end up thowing away. I get why they're doing it but I hate it. Groceries cost enough as it is. I don't see why we should care about the environment. Humans are terrible. The faster we go extinct, the better. đ
The number of "reusable" bags I now encounter in the environment that contain way more plastic than the disposable ones (and can't be used as garbage bags so now other disposable bags are created/used instead) makes me really skeptical banning plastic bags helps at all
There are other reusable bag options that are not plastic. I'm also strongly opposed to the reusable bag options which supermarkets offer because most are platic but you can get plenty of nice cotton or hessian material type bags around.
I'm a bag fan of banning single use plastic but it should definitely go to the extent of even reusable plastic because its been demonstrated that reusable plastic options aren't that much more sustainable.