Subj : Re: Internet
To   : Nightfox
From : Gamgee
Date : Mon Dec 18 2023 17:49:00

-=> 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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