First thing I thought of was, who decides how much goes into a bag? lol I mean, the county could control that, as well, to cost taxpayers more. The plastic bags are flimsy so, for heavier items, they would be charging for 2 just because they have an inferior bag? It is ridiculousness.
Most of these bags are made of recycled bags in the first place and thus are much thinner. We have occasion to buy bottle water, Kroger brand is recycled bottles and very thin and harder to handle as they are so fragile compared to the other name brands.
Make your own, including a bag to carry them in. They want you to BUY their cheap plastic chinese bags at $1.50 a bag, they don’t last to long. Where as home made ones do and are washable, and make great gifts for carrying things and for Christmas or gift bags, will last years like cloth diapers did.