Banning free plastic bags for groceries resulted in customers purchasing more plastic bags, study finds

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8. I don't see plastic as an option in Colorado--at least where I have spent time. Everyone brings own or pays for PAPER.

I don't even think CO stores (including Sprouts in the first post) CAN legally sell non-reusable plastic, except for the very thin biodegradable produce bags.

I just don't see what they are reporting here. If someone forgets their bag and doesn't want to pay $5 of more for the reusable nicer bags, then they either pay for the paper ones or cart their unbagged stuff to the car and toss it in a box or floorboard.

I haven't seen those single-use (very rippable) plastic bags in CO grocery stores for several years now. It is local regulation, so, there may be counties that haven't passed on the Western Slope or perhaps toward Pueblo to the South. But, over the state, simply NOT what the article is reporting.

There is an exemption (fortunately) for biodegradable doggy bags which a lot of cities do stock in the parks.