Here's a NPR article talking about the bad, unintended consequences of banning plastic bags. The alternatives are

Jul 22, 2019
11:19:44am

Zenoch All-American

in some cases actually worse than the original plastic bag.

Are Plastic Bag Bans Garbage?

A national movement to ban plastic bags is gaining steam, but these restrictions may actually hurt the environment more than help it.

https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2019/04/09/711181385/are-plastic-bag-bans-garbage

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BYU Student pushes for plastic bag fee

TheLost

7/22/19 10:36am

They're only single use if you're a moron.

rcbyufan

7/22/19 10:39am

Have you met almost everyone?

RyneK

7/22/19 10:39am

What? You don't stuff your pockets full of old plastic bags when you go to the

Vincent's Picks

7/22/19 10:40am

I've been check-mated

rcbyufan

7/22/19 10:41am

We use them for lots of things, mostly lining trash cans around the house.

O Gaucho

7/22/19 11:05am

this isn't going to be popular, but I say good for her.

fbguru

7/22/19 10:40am

I see no negatives here, but cougarboard is crazy

Dissenter

7/22/19 11:02am

full of mad geniuses

lightmann

7/22/19 11:43am

What's next, straws? I've been seeing some businesses around here not offereing

Don_Juan_El_Guapo

7/22/19 10:41am

What a heroine!!!

CObluezone

7/22/19 10:41am

As was hashed out in the other thread, a fee appears to be the right approach.

Jay Rick

7/22/19 10:44am

And?

Busiturtle

7/22/19 11:02am

The same justification for "government" to do basically anything it does.

Jay Rick

7/22/19 11:05am

Bingo. And yes, an arbitrary, artificial gov't cost to bags will change behavior

Iki_Balam

7/22/19 3:23pm

Or just do nothing and let people buy what they want.

UNLVcougar

7/22/19 11:41am

Totally. Hurt each other all you want. There's really no reason to have any laws

Jay Rick

7/22/19 11:48am

That's exactly what i said.

UNLVcougar

7/22/19 11:52am

Hence the first word I said, "totally."

Jay Rick

7/22/19 12:04pm

I'm not sure what outrage I should be feeling. . .

CosmoK

7/22/19 10:46am

Re: plastics. Was just at Disney, if straws are so bad, then why is Disney

BYUfan92

7/22/19 10:47am

You can get free ice water in a cup at any Disneyland concession stand that has fountain drinks.

Cosmodiar

7/22/19 10:48am

Didnt know that, even as a season pass holder. The "fountain" is the catch

BYUfan92

7/22/19 11:48am

I live in a city without plastic bags, it sucks. The paper bags are so weak, I

Windward_Coug

7/22/19 10:48am

When busy bodies are trying to save the world, that's what happens.

JmThms

7/22/19 2:10pm

Town I live in charges a fee. I know several people who shop in the same store

califcougar

7/22/19 10:48am

To link to his tuition fund.... future MLMer

Q-grr

7/22/19 10:56am

Where is the fee going?

KingDave

7/22/19 10:58am

This is the most important question.

jdub

7/22/19 10:59am

Purchase more bags, unless they’ll completely eliminate bags.

Q-grr

7/22/19 1:10pm

What a dope

pegushin

7/22/19 11:00am

...uh, no. She got into BYU. No one, despite your disagreement, in BYU is a dope

Iki_Balam

7/22/19 3:25pm

Uh, a high GPA doesn’t always make one intelligent

pegushin

7/22/19 5:11pm

Are you serious? You think our school is only looking at GPA? Are you a Ute?

Iki_Balam

7/22/19 9:52pm

Logic chip broken?

pegushin

7/23/19 10:49am

Seems like a business opp to sell plastic bags outside stores

Busiturtle

7/22/19 11:00am

You’d make a huge profit

KingDave

7/22/19 11:04am

I guess I'll need to start buying small plastic trash bags for my house now

BYUheaven

7/22/19 11:01am

some studies say those are worse for the environment

korihor

7/22/19 11:20am

Here's a NPR article talking about the bad, unintended consequences of banning plastic bags. The alternatives are

Zenoch

7/22/19 11:19am

Yeah, but no millenial ever signalled their environmental wokeness by supporting

StarMan

7/22/19 11:51am

I would change the 'plastic bags' part to 'data and science' in general

Iki_Balam

7/22/19 3:26pm

That's okay, they don't know 'data and science' in general unless it's tweeted

StarMan

7/22/19 3:48pm

ugghh

lightmann

7/22/19 11:41am

Busy bodies should limit their sphere of influence to themselves.

JmThms

7/22/19 2:06pm

Amen. If you want to make others lives miserable, work on yourself.

UNLVcougar

7/22/19 2:08pm

Hey this is a great way to alert all the dudes at BYU to steer clear, wish

Mitty

7/23/19 10:20am

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