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Editorial: What plastic bag ban? California stores still doling out disposable sacks

Por: Los Angeles Times Opinion November 04, 2022

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Didn’t we ban single-use plastic shopping bags in California? Yes — in 2014, though the law didn't take effect until two years later because the plastic industry tried to overturn it on the 2016 ballot. But you can hardly tell from a trip to the grocery store, where there are still plenty of plastic bags at the checkout, albeit thicker versions that are supposedly better for the environment. (Spoiler alert: They are not.) The law... + full article



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