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The Big Lie About ‘Environmentally Friendly’ Shopping Bags


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Plastic is the eco-activists’ favored demon of the moment. Policymakers can’t get enough of banning plastic consumer items. But the bans are worse than useless. They are counterproductive.

California leads the world in virtue signaling, having outlawed single-use plastics bags, as well as plastic straws. Plastic bottles of shampoo, conditioner, and soap handed out by hotels might be the next items prohibited under California law, if lawmakers don’t ban plastics utensils first. Other states have rushed to enact bans, including Vermont, New York, and Hawaii (which has a de facto statewide ban due to multiple county bans). More cities than can be easily counted have either already or are in the process of outlawing various plastics. Canada’s lightweight Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, never one to pass up an opportunity to appear more virtuous than thou, is promising a national prohibition on single-use plastics by 2021.:snip:

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