> the ecological (read: CO2) impact No, do not read CO2. That's not what banning plastic bags is about. It's about not having them all over the environment whe

> the ecological (read: CO2) impact No, do not read CO2. That's not what banning plastic bags is about. It's about not having them all over the environment where all kinds of animals, from sea turtles to cows to elephants, eat them or get entangled in them http://www.newsweek.com/plastic-pollution-bigger-threat-sea-turtles-oil-spills-752585 http://www.newsweek.com/plastic-pollution-bigger-threat-sea-... http://www.plasticpollutioncoalition.org/pft/2016/8/9/plastic-pollution-is-killing-indias-sacred-cows http://www.plasticpollutioncoalition.org/pft/2016/8/9/plasti...