[KingofZion]

Time to stock up on bags. I see a profit center here. Collect bags now and resell when they are scarce.

Note to environmentalists: Not too good for forests.

Note to grocers: When you lie with the devil, you will get what you deserve.

[23 Everest]

These idiots need to make room in the landfills for all plastic contractors are required to throw away to capture a few lead dust particles. And this is the 10mil plastic not the thin bags the stores give out that won’t hold a can of peas.

The EPA has mandated that we use huge volumes of plastic to remove a single window. We are subject to fines up to $35,750.00 per day. That’s not a typo friends.

[truth_seeker]

Since they are going after the plastic bags, we’ll have nothing to put the dog poop in.

So sorry neighbor, the stuff is biodegradable. And the government just outlawed the plastic baggie I USED TO USE when I picked it up from your yard.

Sorry.

[sergeantdave]

The last time I visited CA I had the impression that I had crossed a time-warp and landed in 1930s fascist Germany.

My impression, it seems, was correct.

[Joe Boucher]

I’m in the process of doing route 66 from Chicago to Santa Monica.
Along the way I’m gonna buy plastic bags an take them with me.
Am I a criminal?
L.A. county jail?

[ridesthemiles]

Grocery stores break down all their boxes.
I basically buy groceries once a month- how do they think I am going to get $300 worth of groceries home?

Are they going to start saving their boxes like Costco does?

[longtermmemmory]

Grocers are just looking for a way to not lose out to competition.

What next back to paper?

[dalereed]

conservationists can stick their bag law up their ass!!!

[Tired of Taxes]

the law would go into effect Jan. 1, 2012.

Just in time, before the end of the world.

[OldPossum]

Well, doesn’t that beat all? The state is falling apart financially and the legislators are worried about plastic bags.

It is one strange, strange state.

[acoulterfan]

I use 600 bags a year just for my dog walks!!

[Chaguito]

It’s good to know our government is hard at work protecting us.

[giotto]

Am I the only one who thinks this is great news? I hate those bags. They usually have holes in them, so you can't use them to hold cat turds. A grocery bag containing a wrapped raw chicken must be contained in a pan, to keep the blood from leaking onto the lower shelves of the refrigerator. They are too small to be useful as trash can or wastebasket liners.

The main reason I hate these bags is that they don't even work for the purpose they are designed for, i.e., carrying groceries. A bag with anything slightly heavy will put painful stress on your fingers. Just try carrying a bag containing three glass jars of pickles. You will have at least one broken jar by the time you get it in the house, that is, if the bag doesn't break at either the handle or the seam, in which case you will have three broken jars of pickles. Another thing is that stuff doesn't stay in the bags when you put them down in the car. Cans and grapefruit and small objects escape and roll under the seats, unless you tie off the handles, in which case you then have to cut the bag open, rendering it useless for any other reuse.

I could go on and on. There are countless reasons to hate these bags. They are good for only one thing: Landfill.

[matt1234]

That means Pelosi is out of a job.

[Let's Roll]

I really, really hate this. I use several grocery store bags a weel to clean out the litter box and many, many people use them to pick up after their dogs.

So, now we will have to buy “especially manufactured” pet poop plastic bags for that purpose. They never think anything through.

[max americana]

Me too. I use plastic bags as garbage bags and line up the bottom with the LA Times, Brand X, LA Weekly or any liberal rag this illegals-infested city can print out.