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Colorado banned plastic bags -- (link)

Posted by budice Dec 19 '23, 10:32

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https://www.9news.com/article/money/plastic-bags-banned-colorado-2024/73-7694fb33-f6d2-4855-91d5-174bbee4bff5 (www.9news.com)

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*likes* -- nm - Cargo Pants Dec 19, 11:11
New York did in 2019, took effect in 2020. It’s fine. -- nm - Tim Dec 19, 10:47 3
- also, judging from LA's ban over a decade in place . . . they're not 100% banned anyway -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 19, 10:48 2
  - I may have a stockpile at home taken from my employer after we couldn’t use them anymore, plus food establishments can still use them. -- nm - Tim Dec 19, 10:50 1
    - maybe there's a loophole for what is deemed true "plastic" but grocery stores etc all still have a plastic-y bag they use -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 19, 10:54
Rampant wokeness! Trump will save us! -- nm - Mop🧹 Dec 19, 10:44
The nearby town our Trader Joe's is in has banned them (as has Chicago). Not a bother there but I've often wondered what the grocery pickup places do -- (edited) - oblique Dec 19, 10:38 1
- In NJ everyone uses reusable bags. But I've seen lots of people who just take their stuff out to their car in a cart and dump it in the trunk - decline Dec 19, 10:51
living in PA, but working in NJ I always forget that NJ has them banned and man is it a pain in the ass if I stop someplace in NJ -- nm - decline Dec 19, 10:36 11
- our county started taxing them. Anecdotally I can tell you the number of them I see blowing around and getting caught in bushes has fallen - prayformojo 🐵 Dec 19, 10:48 5
  - Reducing the amount of the most beautiful thing in the world that you see by the same -- nm - Reagen Dec 19, 11:08
  - They've been banned here for a while and cost money before that. The days of plastic bag litter are gone - it's lovely. -- nm - Andie Dec 19, 10:54 3
    - Though the days of me having to buy garbage bags have begun -- nm - Roger More Dec 19, 10:56 2
      - Ever since we have city managed compost, we don't even put bags in the kitchen bin. It gets a little dirty and we wash it twice a year and that's it -- nm - Guigue Dec 19, 11:08
      - oh, for sure. i buy dollarama small garbage bags for cat litter. so, that's a thing. -- nm - Andie Dec 19, 10:57
- Same when I’m in Delaware. Though one of our neighboring townships just banned them as of October. -- (edited) - Znufrii, exceeds expectations Dec 19, 10:43 1
  - Doylestown banned them over the summer, but I don't really shop there anymore -- nm - decline Dec 19, 10:45
- Keep reusable bags in your glove box and trunk. -- nm - Krusty Dec 19, 10:39 2
  - with some latex gloves and bottles of bleach. just in case -- nm - tRuMaN Dec 19, 11:08
  - I have them at home and use them for local shopping - decline Dec 19, 10:48

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