I wish I could say I opposed this but here we live two miles from the main road and we see plastic bags on the barbwire fence all the time. They’re not ours, they’re not our neighbors, so they must have blown in from who knows where.
As much as I enjoy the convenience of these bags I’d be okay with having my own bags or using paper.
Did you miss the comments about the difference in energy/environmental costs when it comes to processing paper/vs plastic? How about the increased bacterial infections with reusable bags (my wife has a number and we do a load of them in the washer every time she shops - more energy costs involved)? Then, the next question begging to be asked is, "How much freedom/convenience are you willing to abide by being compliant to a host of rules and regulations that make some folks feel the warm fuzzies (some of the effects are not malignant - perhaps you would see fewer discards), but which actually have more harmful side effects than many of the 'miracle medicines' being touted on TV these days?" Many of the left-wing infringements on our Freedom have come from laws that were touted as having good side effects, but they usually have one good side effect to a handful of bad ones.