And garbage bags. How the hell are we going to handle garbage without plastic bags? Garbage caused a lot more pollution even in developed countries before every

And garbage bags. How the hell are we going to handle garbage without plastic bags? Garbage caused a lot more pollution even in developed countries before everything could be neatly bagged up and buried in a landfill. I don’t think proponents of the ban have really thought through the society-wide consequences of a single use plastic ban. I wish there were better alternatives but plastic is a bit of a miracle material and who’s to say we’re not going to face the same issue with any other polymer that we use to replace it. That said, I don’t think we’ve ever properly priced in the externalities of all the garbage we create so maybe it’s time we had a major rethink of how we approach our refuse.