A San Diego state senator's bill would ban the plastic bags you buy when you forget yours
“The bill would tighten standards for reusable bags and require stores to provide 100% recycled paper bags or let consumers use reusable bags.” [nbcsandiego.com]
If I’m reading this right, the plastic bag ban actually increased plastic bag waste, as grocery stores started charging customers nominally for heavier so-called “reusable” bags.
We buy those bags and reuse them once or twice until they get too dirty. We haven’t gone in on cloth bags.