Subj : Re: Internet
To   : Nightfox
From : MRO
Date : Mon Dec 18 2023 05:50 pm

 Re: Re: Internet
 By: Nightfox to MRO on Mon Dec 18 2023 11:53 am

>  MR> US states banned plastic bags at grocery stores?  that's news to me.
>
> You hadn't heard about that?  It was big in the news several years ago.  I
> think California did, and then Oregon did about 3 or 4 years ago.  They're
> not totally banned though, it's just that now, stores are mandated by law to
> charge you 10 cents per bag at checkout (even for paper bags), to encourage
> people to buy & use re-usable grocery bags.

i heard something about it but i didn't know they followed through.
i used to travel across the usa every year and i never experienced the no plastic bags during my stops.

i'm not surprised california and oregon did something.
> And it's only for grocery bags at checkout.  Stores still have plastic bags
> for vegetables in the produce section and for items in other sections, and
> those are still free.  I'm not sure how it makes sense.
>

absolutely does not make sense.
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