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BigmanPigman

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5. Yep, that is what happens.

Reply to dhol82 (Reply #2)

Wed Jan 1, 2020, 09:13 PM

Jan 2020

I used to recycle mine as garbage bags. Now I have to buy garbage bags. Fortunately I have had enough saved to use for over a year now. The cashiers at the stores can't believe it when they see me using the two year old bags. I think the grocery stores are making money off of this...they charge for the newer, thicker plastic bags and for paper bags when both were free before. When I enter or leave any store I see tons of the newer plastic bags thrown into their recycle cans at the store's entrance. People buy them then throw them out after using them once.

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Grocery Plastic Bags Are Now Banned. [View all] no_hypocrisy Jan 2020 OP

Cool! California has had this for a few years now ... it's a good thing, glad it's spreading :) nt mr_lebowski Jan 2020 #1

Great. Now they will have to buy plastic bags to hold their garbage. dhol82 Jan 2020 #2

Yep, that is what happens. BigmanPigman Jan 2020 #5

Yup, don't understand why people bought the Glad bags when there were perfectly fine dhol82 Jan 2020 #6

still using plastic here in SoCal highmindedhavi Jan 2020 #3

We live in San Fran, and finally started to keep satchels and bags in the trunk of the car. secondwind Jan 2020 #4