It’s always something new with these Progressives
California lawmakers vote to ban ‘reusable’ plastic bags from grocery stores
California lawmakers have voted to do away with reusable plastic bags after the elimination of single-use plastic bags failed to reduce plastic pollution.
“California’s original ban on plastic bags hasn’t worked out as planned, and sadly, the state’s plastic bag waste has increased dramatically since it went into effect,” said Sen. Catherine Blakespear, the bill’s author, in a statement. “California must do its part to eliminate this scourge that is contaminating our environment.”
On Tuesday, California lawmakers in the State Senate and the State Assembly voted to approve two identical bills which would restrict grocery stores and retailers from offering thicker, “reusable” bags made out of plastic film to customers.
SB 1053 and AB 2236 would permit grocery stores to sell other types of reusable bags made of cloth, woven textile or other washable textile that can carry at least 22 pounds for at least 300 uses. It also allows for paper bags with at least 50% recycled paper content to be sold for at least 10 cents apiece to customers.
Oh, good, there will just be more paper bags, which generally do not have the strength for handles. And cloth ones that rarely get washed. Granted, I’m not a big fan of regular plastic bags, but, I reuse the heck out of them. And have much thicker ones for when I go to Lidl, and Aldi occasionally. Progressives, though, just love to micromanage everything.
However, the move to reduce plastic pollution failed, as customers treated the thicker “reusable” plastic bags as disposable. California Public Interest Research Group (CALPIRG) reported a roughly 47% jump in plastic bag waste tonnage since 2014, despite the ban on single-use shopping bags.
Well, huh. One would think that all the Leftist voters who all care about ‘climate change’ and stuff would be doing their part to reduce plastic waste.
