> Damage to what? The bags? The food? The environment? I don't understand why bags built to be re-used is a bad thing. The environment. Reusable bags consume m

> Damage to what? The bags? The food? The environment? I don't understand why bags built to be re-used is a bad thing. The environment. Reusable bags consume more resources to produce. So if you buy a reusable bag and throw it out, it's a net loss to the environment. If enough people are buying a resuable bag because they're not carrying around their reusable bags every time they buy something, it becomes a net lost because you're displacing cheap plastics bag (that are somewhat resuable) by more resource intensive resuable bags that don't get reused.