I visited Alaska a few years ago and they had a similar policy. You could get paper bags, but you had to pay for them. No plastic bags. And I did notice that th

I visited Alaska a few years ago and they had a similar policy. You could get paper bags, but you had to pay for them. No plastic bags. And I did notice that there weren't plastic bags all over the place, so it seemed to be a great idea to me. Granted, I don't have a before/after to make a real comparison.