Re:Plastic bag bans and fees reduce harmful bag litter on sh...
by timr on Saturday June 21, 2025 @03:25PM
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For bags specifically, instead of just "banning plastic bags" (which usually leads to dumb outcomes, as GP notes) mandate the use of paper.
It drives me up the wall when I go to a store (Target comes to mind; I also see those stupid FreshDirect bags everywhere in NYC, even though I don't use the service), and the only option is a pseudo-reusable plastic bag, which I can only accumulate or discard. As long as you're charging me anyway [1], just give me a paper bag! Most of the time I have a re-usuable bag that I carry around, but for the times I don't, I save the paper bags I receive and use them to put out my recycling.
It drives me up the wall when I go to a store (Target comes to mind; I also see those stupid FreshDirect bags everywhere in NYC, even though I don't use the service), and the only option is a pseudo-reusable plastic bag, which I can only accumulate or discard. As long as you're charging me anyway [1], just give me a paper bag! Most of the time I have a re-usuable bag that I carry around, but for the times I don't, I save the paper bags I receive and use them to put out my recycling.
[1] I assume this is about cost to the retailer.