On 1/24/24 10:36 AM, ScottW wrote:
Instead of having the intended beneficial impact on the environment,
the reusable bag ban has actually backfired, data reported in the
study show. Plastic consumption in the state has nearly tripled, with
New Jerseyans previously consuming 53 million pounds of plastic
before the ban, compared to 151 million pounds following the ban, FCR researchers reported.
Reusable bags made of non-woven polypropylene are much thicker than
the typical single-use plastic bags typically found at grocery and convenience stores, using roughly 15 times the amount of plastic, the
study reported. Though the bags are built for repeated shopping
trips, most New Jerseyans only reuse the bags two to three times
before they're discarded.
Different study:
https://www.euronews.com/green/2024/01/24/do-plastic-bag-bans-work-new-study-finds-they-save-6-billion-bags-a-year-in-some-us-states
"Single-use plastic bag bans have successfully reduced plastic bag use
and associated litter and pollution, a new study has found.
Bans in five US states and cities with a combined population of around
12 million people have cut single-use plastic bag consumption by about 6 billion bags per year, according to the research."
Original source:
https://publicinterestnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Plastic-Bag-Bans-Work-January-2024.pdf
Yes, it includes New Jersey:
"A state government analysis of New Jersey’s plastic
bag ban presented a special case that demanded more
in-depth calculations."
https://web.archive.org/web/20230610142251/https://dep.nj.gov/wp-content/uploads/pac-first-year-report-2023.pdf
May, 2023. Perhaps you're referring to the second year report, but
without a cite, who knows?
The ban in Austin, since overturned, had a remarkable effect on litter.
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