Agreed. and this idea is spreading round the world in a way we should be proud of. However, nice article here, not sure how true it is though. They say “Political opposition to bans in the United States has gained a boost from a handful of studies that highlight the limitations of bans. In California, for example, Rebecca Taylor, an economist at the University of Sydney, found that shoppers in cities that banned bags before the 2016 statewide ban took effect used fewer shopping bags, leading to a reduction of about 40 million pounds of plastic waste. But she found in her study that sales of trash bags rose, offsetting the reduction in plastic bags to 28 million pounds.”

Plastic bag bans are spreading. But are they truly effective?

Link: https://www.nationalgeographic.c

Kenya has the strictest penalties for bag use, but the consumer alternatives to plastic have come with growing pains.