Citing environmental harm and litter, lawmakers move to further limit plastic bags at the checkout counter
Two bills that moving through the California Legislature on May 22, 2023 would prohibit supermarkets and retail stores from providing ‘resuable’ plastic bags to shoppers, on the grounds that they cause litter and pollute the ocean. Voters banned single-use plastic bags in 2016, but the thicker bags had been allowed to stay. For years, “paper or plastic?” has been the question that millions of shoppers hear when they roll up to the checkout counter.
But that ballot measure eight years ago contained a loophole, inserted by some Democratic lawmakers in Sacramento who had plastic bag factories in their districts. It said that thicker plastic bags could still be used at stores if they were labeled as recyclable and could be reused. An investigation by ABC News last year found that when journalists put electronic tracking tags on 46 bundles of plastic bags left in recycling bins in Wal Mart and Target stores around the country, only 4 ended up at recycling centers. Half went to in landfills and waste incinerators, seven stopped pinging at transfer stations that don’t recycle or sort plastic bags, six last pinged at the store where they were dropped off, and three ended up in Indonesia and Malaysia, where some U.S.
He noted that some stores, including Whole Foods and Trader Joes, already provide only paper bags at the checkout. The grocery industry has faced several lawsuits from consumers who say the thick plastic bags are not really recyclable, as the stores claim on them. “In my mind this is about consumer choice. Some people may want these plastic bags,” said Assembly Republican Leader James Gallagher, R-Chico. “They can be a more durable option, especially when it is raining outside. In my experience, a lot of them get reused.”
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