Reusable shopping bags can be problematic, too. Either they’re the kind that aren’t washable, or if washable people don’t. And then those reusable bags become germ-laden bug farms. Why not keep the grocery bags and fine the hell outta people for littering?
...Large numbers of bacteria were found in almost all bags and coliform bacteria in half. Escherichia coli (E. Coli) were identified in 12% of the bags and a wide range of enteric bacteria, including several opportunistic pathogens...
And the law of unintended consequences strikes again!