[voltaires_zit]

It's nice to see Newsome doing something productive with his time instead of making headlines with his personal life.

[JoanneSD]

Twenty years ago, shoppers were encouraged to use plastic bags, they were even forced on you in some stores, all this in the Name of " Save a tree"...

[Balding_Eagle]

LOL!

I remember when they banned paper bags!

Obviously, we are headed into a repeat of the "Global Ice Age of the 1970s".

[Carry_Okie]

However stupid this is, paper bags are better. We need to find a use for the lousy trees the government is growing so that the USFS can start over.

[paudio]

If they want to reduce the unnecessary use of plastice bags, they can have people pay for the bags, say 5 cents per bag.

[cubreporter]

I'm glad to hear that. I really don't care about newsome at all and could care less what he thinks about the idea cause it is not his idea and not HIS world.

That said...I love the idea and hope it catches on around the country. I personally am sick and tired of seeing plastic bags stuck in trees and plastered up against fences with names of stores on them. Let's go back to paper. It's the best.

I'm sure with today's technology they could do something so that the plastics wouldn't be mixed up in the recycle bins.

[cripplecreek]

I prefer the plastic and I reuse them till they fall apart. Also plastic recycles more cleanly than paper. I don't know about biodegradable plastic. Is it really clean or is it just out of sight out of mind?

[spikeytx86]

I guess that hefty grocery bag tax they imposed a while back did not do the trick. Why don't they just ban groceries? They do far more damage to the environment then bags.

Dear Lord, why do I think I gave them an idea!?!

[finnman69]

fags but no plastic bags

[USFRIENDINVICTORIA]

What about all the people walking around breathing? They just use the air once -- then they put a bunch of CO2 into it. Why not make everyone wear a SCUBA rebreather? If you can't afford a rebreather, you could just breathe into plastic bags -- or just wear one over your head until you nearly pass out -- then tie it to hold the CO2 for collection. The bags could be opened in greenhouses, or taken to a facility for sequestering in old oil fields.

[Patriotic1]

The measure would require grocery stores to offer only bags made of recyclable paper

Isn't most paper recyclable? Or perhaps they meant recycled paper? Idiots.

[reagan_fanatic]

But it's opposed by the California Grocers Association as potentially doing more damage to the environment.

Facts, schmacks. It's how you feeeeel that counts.

[lesko]

How do plastic bags 'choke' wildlife?

[Altura Ct.]

Is it possible to ban San Francisco?

[AmericanChef]

Canvas bags are nice, but if you put meat in them or if you end up with some of our famous contaminated food and you don't wash your bags you could have some issues on your next purchase. People don't like to spend time washing grocery bags.

[snowrip]

US should ban SF.

[EagleUSA]

Supporters of the ban say the bags eat up fossil fuels, litter the streets and choke wildlife.
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This is as good as the global warming scam -- the mentally-challenged liberals of San Freakcisco just keep getting better.

[SIDENET]

I love the plastic grocery bags. I get the store to double bag my groceries and when I get home, I save the bags.

When I have enough bags saved up, I have a big, plastic bag bonfire. They make pretty colors and lots of smoke.

[ichabod1]

I know a guy who owns one of the few paper bag plants left. This will be welcome news to him.

[jonrick46]

I knew that when IKEA announced they would no longer provide plastic bags to their customers that the environmental socialists would take the cue through government restriction.