> California banned “single use” plastic bags (which we used to reuse as trash bags for the bathroom or whatever) but lets you buy “reusable” ones for a few ce

> California banned “single use” plastic bags (which we used to reuse as trash bags for the bathroom or whatever) but lets you buy “reusable” ones for a few cents at the checkout counter. The reusable ones are much heavier and contain 10-100x more plastic, and take even longer to biodegrade. We have the same problem in the UK. Single use bags not available but you can buy heavier ones, so while people throw fewer bags, they are heavier ones. Paper bags have also become a lot more common. Obviously no plastic pollution but I do not know what other impact they have. They are often reusable and obviously very biodegradable so I would guess its a win?