Letter: Reduce, don't ban plastic grocery bags
In this file photo taken Friday, Oct. 25, 2013, a plastic shopping bag liters the roadside in Sacramento, Calif. Credit: AP / Rich Pedroncelli
When banning plastics, why stop at supermarket shopping bags ["Bag-ban debate gets theatrical," News, Nov. 28]? How about plastic food bags? Food wrap? Leaf bags? Kitchen bags? Do these bags degrade quicker? I doubt it.
I've used canvas shopping bags for more than 15 years; however, I need plastic bags from the supermarket. I use them to return water bottles and soda cans. I use them for emptying the litter box.
Will I purchase garbage bags for this purpose? I don't think so. Sure, bags are thrown out with the litter, but what is the difference if I am forced to purchase other bags?
More should be considered before banning these bags.
Marguerite Connell, Wantagh
