You seem to be looking at environmental impact based on carbon footprint, or whether the bags end up in the ocean- but that’s not the limit of the environmental

You seem to be looking at environmental impact based on carbon footprint, or whether the bags end up in the ocean- but that’s not the limit of the environmental impact. The plastic bags break down into microplastic particles, which makes its way into our intestines, lungs and reproductive systems: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-024-02968-x https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-024-02968-x We don’t know what we’re doing to our bodies here - it might be nothing, but I think it’s completely justified to pump the brakes regardless of carbon impacts. Paper bag bans, I’ll grant you, seem pretty silly.