Hawaii Becomes First State in The Nation to Ban Plastic Bags

We live in a nanny state today because people think every law only affects other people.

People don't protest laws banning rabbits, because they don't own rabbits.

People don't protest laws banning yoga pants, because they don't wear yoga pants.

People don't protest laws banning hoodies, because they don't wear hoodies.

People don't protest laws banning smoking, because they don't smoke.

People don't protest laws against sleeping in cars, because they don't sleep in their car.

People don't protest laws requiring business licenses, because they don't own a business.

People don't protest laws banning feeding the homeless, because they don't feed the homeless.

The problem is that once everything is illegal, it is too late to change anything.

fuck Hawaii

I don't know how things are in China, but it's Fall here and there are just as many of those goddamn plastic bags flying around as there are dead leaves. They are at the banks of rivers and on the shores of Lake Michigan. They are a nuisance everywhere you go. Even if you dispose of them in the trash, they have a tendency to fly out of the bin on pickup days and entire neighborhoods will have these bags flying all over.

I'm not a fan of nanny type laws, but these things should have never been created to begin with. I can't wait until they are banned nationwide. Good on Hawaii to start the trend.

Fuck nanny state laws, but this is actually sensible compared to the rest of them, so better this which MIGHT help alleviate prevalent environmental hazards than some oppressive gun law that does nothing productive in the end.

It will only make GLAD trash bag manufacturers rich and will not end the problem ..but worsen it ..

Market bags bio-degrade in the sun trash bags DO not !

Its another fuck the people ambientalist scam ...

Charge a refundable deposit for them, and you'll have people picking them up. 25cents/bag should do it. There would be no cost to the state.

Good for them! 'Bout time.

i thought California was the first

In Texas you can UN-BAN them if you purchase them for $1D dllr. this gives you Unlimited Bags for the day of the Purchase or .25 cents if you get them individually.. I like this law

did they ban every other plastic?, because plastic bags are a fraction of the trash..how any individually wrapped in plastic items are inside those plastic bags when you go shopping?

They have been ban for over a year now. At first I really missed them, I used them to put in the bathroom trash. We now have heavy bags to buy at the stores for .99 cents they last about a month then rip and tear. We used to have plastic bags caught in trees and fences all over now I haven't seen one for a long time.

You live in lala land if you think this is viable.

Boots on the ground viewpoint:

I live in a county in WA state that has banned plastic bags and the next one over has not. The result is that all the stores in the banned county are making money selling cloth reusable bags and paper bags for 5 cents each. The most telling sign is that they actually get mad at you if you bring in your old plastic bags that you are reusing! Isn't that the point?

You up in Bham? My sister is at western and said platic bags are nil there.

About time. I used to have a hard time remebering to put the cloth ones in my car. then remembering to take them in the store, But just like anything else it is routine now.If I forget and have less that 4 items I tell them no bag. Really these damn stores want to put one item in a damn plastic bag !!!!