No more plastic bags in Albuquerque: Businesses prepare for ban

[left-of-center2012]

Starting Jan. 1 2020, plastic bags less than 2.25 millimeters thick will not be allowed.While the Bernalillo County plastic ban does require restaurants to stop using these bags, the Clean and Green Ordinance in Albuquerque city limits does not.
Businesses are allowed to charge customers a small fee for paper bags, or customers can bring their own reusable bags. Many said it's just going to take time to get used to.

The city of Albuquerque's Environmental Health Department will start issuing warnings to businesses in January. The city of Albuquerque is giving away reusable bags at senior centers, community centers and libraries. They will also have several reusable bag giveaways in the coming weeks at Smith's and Lowe's.

Bernalillo County is also banning single-use polystyrene containers like many restaurants use, for to-go food.

https://www.koat.com/article/no-more-plastic-bags-in-albuquerque-businesses-prepare-for-ban/30339074

[samnsara]

1. Our county banned them about 2 years ago... just stock up on resuable bags and dont...

...forget to take them with you into the store...

[no_hypocrisy]

2. Same here in Paramus, NJ January 1.

No more plastic bags. I work in a supermarket and expect consumers won't initially buy as much as they adjust. As a cashier, I'm also expecting gridlock.

[Ohiogal]

3. Our idiot legislators in Ohio

Want to enact a ban on banning plastic bags statewide. This was proposed in the state legislature by a rep who owns grocery stores. And he’s a Republican, naturally.

God forbid people give up the convenience of single use plastic bags that choke our lakes and rivers and end up in the stomachs of wild creatures, and don’t break down in a landfill. It’s not business friendly! ( huge eye roll)

[left-of-center2012]

4. I bought these a few months ago

I bought two large zipper closure tote bags, at $8.45 each.
Made of a heavy washable material.

[Bayard]

5. I've started using fabric bags

When I go into the local IGA and tell the cashier I have my own bags, the ones who don't know me still look bewildered. I am getting a lot faster at bagging.

Most of my bags were free: from charitable causes and my horse vet. I just got a huge one from rejoining the Sierra Club.