Petition against plastic grocery bag ban (Chappaqua: Home Depot, buying, vs.)

[BBMW]

The plastic grocery bag ban went into effect. Are we all sick of it yet? There's a petition firing up to stop it. The link is below.

http://chng.it/DWKWfhFgK2

[dr.strangelove]

Originally Posted by BBMW

The plastic grocery bag ban went into effect. Are we all sick of it yet? There's a petition firing up to stop it. The link is below.

http://chng.it/DWKWfhFgK2

It really has not impacted my life. In fact, I think it has helped my shopping. But I do not see any need to end it.

[Dabaomb]

I also don't think banning plastic garbage bags is necessarily a bad thing. I prefer plastic bags but it's better for the planet having less plastic.

[carnivalday]

If another plastic bag was never made, Id be okay with it.

https://ibb.co/Rc6C8wj

[ironlex]

I buy much less than I used to, thanks to this ban.

[ShouldHaveLeft914]

I prefer paper bags for .05c
I use them as garbage bags.

I also keep a nylon bag in the car.

[LouisaHeron]

I am in favor of the plastic bag ban. People can bring their own bags to the grocery store. We've been doing it for a few years. It's not hard.

[vladlensky]

I'm on board with reducing plastic consumption, and if this ban effectively accomplishes it then it's a step in the right direction. I'm not that bothered to bring my own bags or pay the 5-10 cents for a paper bag in an emergency - this is common outside of the USA.

[ANM1982]

Hasn't impacted my life at all. If I forget my reusable, the paper bags are not an issue. I use them to collect garbage or my paper recycling, and torn ones get fed to my composting worms.

[NYCresident2014]

I don't mind it except that there are a lot of stores that have no bags, which drives me nuts. Walgreens in Chappaqua, for example- they don't even have paper bags. So if you go in to buy one thing (and thus don't bring a bag in with you) but then end up buying 6 or 7 little things, you end up walking out with your arms full. Very annoying.

Home Depot in Mt. Pleasant is like this too- they sometimes have paper bags but most of the time they don't. The other day I bought something like $50 worth of items that were all in the $0.50 to $2.00 range- lots of little things. No bags. I had to juggle all of it out to the car, because I was counting on them having bags.

Paper vs plastic, I don't care. But plastic vs. no bags, I very much care.