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California governor signs law banning all plastic shopping bags at grocery stores.
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Tons of places haven't had plastic bags for years. It's definitely effective.
Whole Foods has been using paper bags for years. And they don't charge for them either.
According to the article, the use of plastic for bags has actually gone up despite the ban.
Everyone were I live has used cloth or paper bags for at least the past five years. The only places that have plastic bags are corner stores.
I do find myself shopping at corner stores a little more than I used to, specifically because they have plastic bags. I wonder if they're exempt from the law or just ignore it.
Could be a size of the business restriction. That's a good question.
The reason it went up since the 2014 law is because of a massive, gaping loophole. It was written with plastic industry bullshit baked in, and now it's being taken out.
The plastic bags you could get at Ralphs are thick. So thick I bring them back to CO and use them as reusable bags in my work truck, trash bags for the trail, etc. I don't have a scale that could measure the difference but it must be 6-8x as much plastic per bag.