I live in Italy. We have plastic bags made out of plant material. They feel flimsy but they get the job done. They're not very reusable though.
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Great for food waste bins
Now what about food packaging? Everything comes in plastic!
How hard was that? People lived fine before plastic bags. I want to see the end of all single-use plastics outside of a medical setting.
We’ve had this in Jersey for a couple of years now. It’s been great. I highly suggest that any Californians who read this go to their nearest grocer within the week after the change goes into effect, I had a grand old time laughing at all the lazy people raging at having to pay for reusable bags. I had already been using my own bags for years so it didn’t change my behavior at all. Has changed how much plastic litter I’ve seen outside, though.
Sometimes I still forget to bring a bag, then I need yet another wawa bag, and I just stare at this neverending pile of bags
Just ask for a cardboard box. Supermarkets have masses of boxes which just go to waste or recycling. My local puts them near the checkouts for customers to grab.
I like the reusable bags, when I remember to take them!
I just walk out of Wawa looking like the “why can’t I hold all these limes” guy.
I always leave one extra bag in my trunk and only use it when I forget the others. That helps in a pinch
We've gotten better about bringing them to the car by making sure empties are in front of the door.
I have so many reusable bags, mainly because I have a terrible case of "God fucking dammit I forgot to put it in the car again-itis" but i still wouldn't go back to plastic bags
I have an “emergency” bag I leave in my trunk that I only use when I forget my usual ones. It helps!
California already had banned single use bags. We've been posting for "reusable" plastic bags for a couple years already. This legislation bans all plastic bags, including the reusable types. Now we get to being our own bags, or get paper bags.
Gotcha. I guess no schadenfreude is on the horizon. Oh well
This could not happen soon enough.
Insane that the US isnso behind on these type of laws.