[quote=CBad]Only in CA? I don’t understand that comment. It seems to me most laws that regulate personal choice originate in CA or NY. So I’m surprised this didn’t pass.

I didn’t see the merit in this ban for a few reasons. The biggest reason is that you have to wash reusable bags. Oh you don’t wash yours? It’s pretty obvious that the bag is a breeding ground for germs and there have been recent obvious studies backing this up showing they are carrying E. Coli and Salmonella. If everyone was forced to use them, how many people do you think would bother to wash them? How many people would not only not wash them but also leave them in their hot car for the next shopping trip? Then you have the germy thing handled back and forth by both the consumer and the cashier (adding new germs) and introduce food into that environment. I can see this becoming a big problem if consumers at large were forced to use them.

By the way, I use reusable bags almost all of the time but I do wash mine. And I wonder how much of the environment am I saving if I have to use water and energy on the darn thing?[/quote]

CA is one bureaucratic state. There’s a bunch of self interest groups that will prevent most things from passing…And something does pass…It doesn’t matter anyway, because there’s always an opposition group that will just file a bunch of lawsuits to have it overturned by a judge anyway.

No, I don’t wash mine, unless something gets spilled, which normally doesn’t happen…Most raw meats, fruits/veggies/etc etc are already wrapped in layers of bags/paper and plastic anyway prior to bagging. So double bagging that again really is for convenience only