Eliminating the convenient plastic bag....

SB 5323 "Reducing pollution from plastic bags" will probably be enacted soon.  There is no mechanism in 5323 to reduce pollution, other than the knee jerk reaction of cutting off what the elite Left have deemed the offender.  Littering will continue.  Without plastic bags, the littering will get worse.

The official list of intention:

• Restrict the provision of single-use plastic carryout bags by retail establishments.

• Authorizes retail establishments to provide recycled content paper carryout bags and reusable bags made of film plastic that meet minimum performance and technical specifications, and establishes a per bag charge to be collected and retained by the retail establishment for those bags. 

• Establishes restrictions related to the labeling of bags as "compostable."

• Preempts local governments from establishing local carryout bag ordinances.

Plastic has long been established as a safe alternative to paper.  Littering has long been treated as a minor crime.  Now plastic bags are the crime.  What about littering?

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Most conscientious people already have other uses for 'used' plastic carry out bags...  trash can liners... dog poop collection... simple disposal of trash.  But that is all intercepted now with a legislative middle finger.  Its never a good move not to trust the people to manage their own affairs.