Exactly! Here in The People's Republik of Connecticut, they recently (and abruptly) banned plastic bags. (I saved a ton of old ones in my basementt, lol) If you forget your germy reusable bag, you are charged 10 cents for a paper bag.
If I buy poultry or some time of meat or fish product that might leak, I simply use the plastic *produce* bags and ties that the supermarket provides for free (amazingly they're not banned yet).
What's the point of banning plastic shopping bags, when there is still so much plastic in use? Plastic produce bags, plastic to wrap food items, etc. And people are buying plastic Glad, Hefty, etc. bags to line their wastebaskets, etc.
It's all so insane. FYI: You can still order plastic shopping bags on Amazon and Uline.com. Probably other sites as well.
Well, he needs to calm down. He sounds hysterical.
Here in Phoenix if you put your garbage in the trash can without first putting it into a plastic bag the Garbage Police come to get you.