Michigan Could Be Considering A Ban on Plastic Bags

What would your thoughts be on getting rid of plastic bags? Believe it or not, it's a very heated discussion in todays society.

In one end, you want to not fill our landfills, oceans, lakes and many other natural areas with plastic. But, what do you therefore carry your products in? The lug from the car to the could be quite the haul.

The Laws Behind It:

This was a huge discussion here in Michigan in September of last year (2023), as a law was repealed that denied businesses to not distribute or impose a tax on plastic bags used in stores here in Michigan.

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But, what would that do for you?

The Get Around and Feedback:

I know what you're thinking here... what would you do without your plastic bags? To that, I have to ask you, do they really hold your things all that well. The quality of them have really gone down hill recently.

But, if you look at stores like Aldi, Costco, or even Sam's Club, it's not a foreign concept. So, could you make the adjustment without them at stores like Meijer, Walmart or Target?

Some Redditers, said it wouldn't be as hard as you think.

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byu/SAT0725 from discussion
inMichigan

Many states have already slowly began making the transition away from those plastic bags, so Michigan doing so, wouldn't be really all that weird or bad.

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byu/SAT0725 from discussion
inMichigan

Other users, would rather see us move to a more re-usable/bio-degradable solution long-term than anything else.