California Becomes First State to Ban Plastic Bags

ABC News ^ | September 30, 2014 | By FENIT NIRAPPIL

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Gov. Jerry Brown has signed legislation imposing the nation's first statewide ban on single-use plastic bags.

Plastic bags will be phased out of large grocery stores starting next year and convenience stores and pharmacies in 2016. The legislation is meant to encourage consumers to bring their own bags and as a way to reduce litter.

[RayChuang88]

I knew all those cloth bags I got at conventions during the 1990’s will finally find some decent use.

[roadcat]

All this worrying about plastic bags. What about plastic disposable diapers? Not a peep from the enviro-nuts. But you just see, soon governor Moonbeam will dictate that we use paper diapers.

[Buckeye McFrog]

She thought the store would move to all prepackaged produce.

Which will potentially put even MORE plastic into the landfills. Along with Styrofoam. Way to go, Libs!

[Buckeye McFrog]

The easy solution is to gather all your food waste into a plastic bag, take a drive down to the more liberal places of town, and dump it out when nobody is looking.

the front steps of the California Governor's Mansion sounds like a great place to start

[rainee]

Just read an article that said the plastic bag industry in CA are promising to wage war & start a petition/referendum for Nov 2016. If they get enough signatures, good chance this ban get overturned.
They’ve already hired this firm to manage the petition/signature drive: http://www.aboutnpm.com/
They have a good track record.

[RightField]

They're not 'single use' for me. I use the bags for regular trash bags, instead of buying trash can liners. This trash can from the Container Store makes my trash life easy, and clean. Sheesh ...

Full disclaimer ... I no longer live in California, thankfully.

[RightField]

Wasn’t it California that first wanted us to stop using paper bags and start using plastic? I lived there at the time and remember the envirowackos told us how the trees were being sacrificed for our shopping convenience.

[clearcarbon]

I expect jerry “moonbeam” brown to extend the ban to hospital single-use plastic containers before the end of October.

[Polynikes]

Go long plastic bag manufacturers. On Amazon Prime 1000 ct 26.46 no shipping or taxes levied. Unit cost 0.026 sell them to friends and relatives for .05 50% cheaper than what stores charge. Markup 92% Thank you Jerry Brown. Become a bag millionaire in your spare time http://www.amazon.com/T-Shirt-Carryout-Bags—Thank-Gracias/dp/B0025W9ALG/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1412109494&sr=8-3&keywords=plastic+shopping+bags

[joe fonebone]

wasn’t california one of the first ones (back in the ‘80’s) to suggest banning paper bags in favor of plastic ones...

saving the forests and all that....

looney friggin tunes..

[Excellence]

People walk in carrying their own bags and walk out with the same bags full of stuff without paying for it.

[Excellence]

Plastic trash bags will still be around. This only counts for the bags the grocery stores put your groceries in.

[Excellence]

I’d love to. Where do we get the money to do it?

[Excellence]

Do you have a link to the article?

[rainee]

http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-California/2014/09/30/Historic-CA-Plastic-Bag-Ban-Bill-Likely-Headed-To-Voters-in-2016

[Excellence]

That’s good news. Thanks for forwarding that to me.