Plastic-Bag Bans (California SB270)
A bag ban that increased plastic tonnage - then got fixed.
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1 · The idealist case (in its proponents' own framing)
Ban thin bags to cut plastic waste.
2 · The realist counter-case
Critics note thicker 'reusable' bags add plastic.
3 · Predicted vs. measured — with caveats
Tonnage rose 157,385 to 231,072t after SB270; SB1053 (2024) closed the thick-bag loophole.
4 · Liberty check
Environmental aim vs. unintended substitution.
5 · The real tradeoff
Design flaw, later corrected.
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