04-10-2020, 09:40 PM
Thrift Store Scott wrote:
[quote=M A V I C]
[quote=davester]
All the stores in the SF bay area use paper bags if you don't bring your own. I can't remember when I last saw a disposable plastic bag (except for the produce department).
Yeah, I'm not sure why a ban on reusable bags means plastic bags are coming back.
Plastic bags were so vastly superior to paper bags for groceries, especially anything wet or heavy, that the plants that made paper bags shut down years ago and the paper bag industry, while still in existence, doesn't have anywhere near the capacity it would need to compete with plastic in any meaningful way.
Vastly superior!? Surely you jest. Apart from their being an environmental problem in multiple ways, I prefer the paper bags frankly. Also, plants have shut down only in some areas and that's no excuse anyway. It's been illegal to use plastic grocery bags in California, Hawaii, New York, and Oregon for years. You can only use paper or reusables here, just like it was 30 years ago.