A lot of skepticism in the comments, including my own. Instead, let me steelman this as having the goal of reducing litter, rather than reducing plastic. Viewe

A lot of skepticism in the comments, including my own. Instead, let me steelman this as having the goal of reducing litter, rather than reducing plastic. Viewed through that lens, this probably does have a beneficial impact. Even if the replacement bags take much more plastic to produce, are not recyclable, and are not reused much anyway - they are still less likely to blow around in the wind and accumulate on sidewalks, open spaces, rivers, oceans, etc.