Plastic Bags Cause Problems for Progressives : Too Artifical

The progressive socialist agenda has to be the law of the land as it just feels like it's the right thing to do - if banning the plastic bag doesn't work, well that's not a problem, everyone will just have to make do. But the new bags are a germ carrier. Well, that seems to be a problem but it will work itself out the longer they are in use. I feel better already.

Studies have shown, that in reality, plastic bags were never a problem to start with, but the best minds among us have decided that as some were found in the ocean and along the road side, they have to go. Again, it seems like the right thing to do and it does feel good.

Where ever the plastic bags have been ban, it has been proven to be a mistake. Even when paper bags are the only thing you can have, it has been proven that the cost to produce them and as a result the environmental impact is higher then producing a plastic bag. Oh no! Make it go away!

So why demand plastic bags have to go? 'It just feels better that the plastic bags are going away. Plastic is so artificial, not real like us.'

Plastic Bag Ban Leads to Increased Theft
March 6, 2013
Source: Casey McNerthney, "Store Owners Say Plastic Bag Ban Causes More Shoplifting," Seattle Post-Intelligencer, February 28, 2013.

The city of Seattle passed a plastic bag ban in 2012 aimed at improving the environment, businesses and the community in general. Unfortunately the ban, that also requires businesses to charge a nickel for paper bags, has had unintended consequences. Indeed, retail theft has surged after plastic bags were banned, says the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.

• In place of plastic bags, shoppers enter the store with reusable bags and can more easily conceal items they steal.
• Even with loss-prevention officers and many security cameras, stores are finding it difficult to distinguish between items that a customer has paid for and items that the customer may have brought with them.
• A January survey by Seattle Public Utilities reported that 21.1 percent of business owners believe the increase in shoplifting is due to the plastic bag ban.
• One store, Lake City Grocery Outlet, estimates a loss of at least $5,000 in produce and between $3,000 and $4,000 in frozen food.
• The Lake City Grocery Outlet also saw an increase in the number of grocery baskets that were stolen.

The reusable bags have also been suspected of increasing the risk of food-borne illness, as shoppers neglect to wash their bag. Studies of San Francisco, which banned plastic bags in 2007, have shown there are negative repercussions for public health.

• One study reported that after the bag ban there was a spike in the number of E. coli cases and increase in deaths from foodborne illnesses.
• Another study found that 8 percent of all reusable bags contained E. coli and doubted how often shoppers actually wash their bag.