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Re:Plastic bag bans and fees reduce harmful bag litter on sh... by dawnerd on Saturday June 21, 2025 @01:06PM (#44339061)
I used the old style plastic bags as trash bags. I use the new thicker ones as trash bags (cat litter). All the law did was increase how much plastic ends up in the landfill.

They should have required paper. Oregon did the same dumb thing. Portland has paper bags everywhere. Then they required charging for bags and everyone switched to plastic.

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Re:Plastic bag bans and fees reduce harmful bag litter on sh... by Tagbert on Saturday June 21, 2025 @02:19PM (#44339585)
Paper bags are a pain. The stores that push paper have paper bags with no handles. It makes carrying more than one bag very clumsy. I tend to avoid the stores around here that only have paper.
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