California Bans the Plastic Bag
Californians hate the environment. All of them. They hate the environment so much that they throw their used plastic bags directly into the forests, rivers, and scatter them all over the beaches. Some Californians even use plastic bags as a garrote to strangle tiny baby sea lions. It’s true, I’ve seen it! So to combat the horrible people of California, the state just banned plastic bags.
From WTOP here:
Gov. Jerry Brown on Tuesday signed the nation’s first statewide ban on single-use plastic bags at grocery and convenience stores, driven to action by pollution in streets and waterways.
A national coalition of plastic bag manufacturers immediately said it would seek a voter referendum to repeal the law, which is scheduled to take effect in July 2015.
Under SB270, plastic bags will be phased out of checkout counters at large grocery stores and supermarkets such as Wal-Mart and Target starting next summer, and convenience stores and pharmacies in 2016. The law does not apply to bags used for fruits, vegetables or meats, or to shopping bags used at other retailers. It allows grocers to charge a fee of at least 10 cents for using paper bags.
It’s really the poor people who litter. Why not ban the poor? Instead, the plan seems to be to inconvenience normal people, but hey, it feels good to care about the environment! I wonder if the cops will begin ticketing people for having plastic bags? And how will drug dealers keep all their pot dry?
