Re: Re: Internet
By: MRO to poindexter FORTRAN on Mon Dec 18 2023 10:25 am
>> at you strangely when you asked for a bag. They'd sort of pull off one of
>> those thin plastic bags that most US states have banned, and have you bag
>> away.
MR> US states banned plastic bags at grocery stores? that's news to me.
You hadn't heard about that? It was big in the news several years ago. I think
California did, and then Oregon did about 3 or 4 years ago. They're not totall
y banned though, it's just that now, stores are mandated by law to charge you 10
cents per bag at checkout (even for paper bags), to encourage people to buy & u
se re-usable grocery bags.
And it's only for grocery bags at checkout. Stores still have plastic bags for
vegetables in the produce section and for items in other sections, and those are
still free. I'm not sure how it makes sense.
Nightfox
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