-=> Nightfox wrote to MRO <=-
MR> US states banned plastic bags at grocery stores? that's news to me.
Ni> You hadn't heard about that? It was big in the news several
Ni> years ago. I think California did, and then Oregon did about 3
Ni> or 4 years ago. They're not totally banned though, it's just
Ni> that now, stores are mandated by law to charge you 10 cents per
Ni> bag at checkout (even for paper bags), to encourage people to buy
Ni> & use re-usable grocery bags.
It's news to me as well, and is definitely NOT the case here in Florida.
Plastic is still the norm, and free.
Might be a red-state / blue-state thing, I suspect.
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