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https://review.chicagobooth.edu/economics/2019/article/why-banning-plastic-bags-doesn-t-work-intended
Even though plastic bag bans reduce the amount of disposable plastic bags used by around 40 million pounds per year, sales of thicker plastic trash bags increased by around 12 million pounds. Because of more trash bag sales with bag bans, these thicker bags are creating more greenhouse gases and take up more space then plastic shopping bags, and therefor plastic bag bans are worse for the environment.

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Cons:
Plastic bags can clog drainage systems
Plastic bags are not biodegradable which means they get oceans, rivers, streams,  and they also end up killing animals because they get caught in their digestive system
Pros:
Plastic bags are reliable and cheaper to make and ea

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Basically plastic bans aren’t that good because it means something else takes its place whether it’s paper bags which take more energy to make and trash bag sales go up which takes more plastic to make and more energy so it’s worse to ban plastic bags and make substitutions pros are they take less energy to make but cons are that they are not bio degradable

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State governments have thought about/believed some measures to reduce the number of plastic bags at grocery stores and other businesses.

Reducing bag use can lessen (something bad) harmful hits/effects to oceans, rivers, lakes, forests and the wildlife that live in them. It can also relieve pressure on (places where garbage and trash are dumped) and waste management.

While some states are focusing on putting into use effective recycling programs, others are charging bans or fees to discourage the use of plastic bags completely.

https://www.ncsl.org/research/environment-and-natural-resources/plastic-bag-legislation.aspx

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https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/maine-bans-single-use-plastic-grocery-bags-by-earth-day-2020

In Earth Day (April 22, 2020) maine is banning Single Use Plastic Bags

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This website is telling us about the pros and cons on banning plastic bags in Maine.

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Governments. Businesses. NGOs. Everyday citizens. Today, many of us are taking important steps to help reduce waste and protect our environment. I think we can all agree that's a very good thing.

But earlier this week, the Editorial Board at the LA Times called for California to phase out all "single-use" plastics. This was a serious proposal. But if our goal is to reduce waste and shrink our environmental footprint, then acting on it would be a serious mistake.

There are good reasons certain products are designed for just one use, many of which center around promoting health and hygiene. Eliminating those products because they are made of plastic would deprive consumers of everyday products we depend on, such as bandages, contact lenses, diapers and the vast majority of our food packaging. (And that's before we get to medical necessities, such as IV tubes and sterile packaging for things like syringes, pharmaceuticals, sutures, and gauze.)

The reason these and other essential products are made with plastic is because plastic does its job better than alternatives. Strong yet lightweight, plastics are incredibly efficient and often let us do more with less material, and that's critical for reducing environmental impacts. Using less material in the first place is a tremendous environmental benefit that results in dramatic reductions in resource and energy use, greenhouse gas emissions, and waste. A 2016 study by the firm Trucost found the environmental cost of using plastics in consumer goods and packaging is nearly four times less than if plastics were replaced with alternative materials. In other words, switching from plastics to alternatives would dramatically increase environmental impacts. Of course, no one wants that.

That's not to say we as a society can't do more to reduce waste, to reuse more, and to keep the plastic we do use out of the environment-including our oceans.

That's why America's plastics makers support efforts to phase out microbeads in rinse-off products, allow customers to choose not to take a straw if they don't need one, and bring reusable bags shopping or recycle the bags they do use. Plus we led the formation of a global declaration aimed at bringing together plastics groups in other countries to help end marine litter.

In addition, we and our partners are investing in solutions to keep plastics in use and out of our oceans. Our vision is for every piece of post-use plastics to be recycled or remade into raw materials for new products-including, new plastics. Innovative technologies and programs promise to make this possible. Some of these include:

The quest for a more circular approach to managing our plastics resources is real, and it's happening right now. Innovative approaches already underway are making real progress, so the plastics we use today can become the plastics we'll rely on-for better health, hygiene and efficiency-in the future.

But doing the R&D and investing in these technologies is not enough. Because if editorial boards at major daily papers seriously think we can or should ban essential products like these, then that should be a wake-up call for all of us.

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Using plastics means less waste in the first place - American Chemistry Matters

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Governments. Businesses. NGOs. Everyday citizens. Today, many of us are taking important steps to help reduce waste and protect our environment. I think we can all agree that's a very good thing. But earlier this week, the Editorial Board at the LA Times called for California to phase out all "single-use" plastics.

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https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2019/04/plastic-bag-bans-kenya-to-us-reduce-pollution/

Pros and cons. The old plastic bags have been replaced with a better version of plastic bags, and the old ones will be used to make boats to get rid of them.

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https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/2019/8/20/20806651/plastic-bag-ban-straw-ban-tax

Saying how that putting a ban on plastic bags is overall the worse choice and how just taxing the use of plastic bags is the better choice for America

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The article talked about how the single use plastic bag yes is horrible for the environment and is non biodegradable it they are one use things so you don’t need to use is 173 times to have a better effect on the environment like cloth bags or paper bags also they can double as small trash bags.

http://theconversation.com/in-banning-plastic-bags-we-need-to-make-sure-were-not-creating-new-problems-81253

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Grocery stores in Burlington are taking single use plastic bags away by the 20th of April. Then Vermont plans to ban the bags on the 1st of July. Then there’s a quote from the City Market General Manager. And last it says how if you need a paper bag, you will be charged 10 cents per each.

https://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/news/local/2020/01/06/vermont-plastic-bag-ban-burlington-city-market-april/2822719001/

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The Vox article stated the there is pros and cons to the banning of plastic bags. For pros it decreases the litter and pollution in our ecosystem, this also helps our ecosystem by decreasing the Amount of plastic in our waters. The cons are that there is great effects on industry because their is companies dedicated to making plastic bags, so we are putting them out of business.

https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/2019/8/20/20806651/plastic-bag-ban-straw-ban-tax

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(https://ocean.si.edu/conservation/pollution/plastic-bag-bans-work). This article claims that plastic bag bans are important, and that they are affective. Because of plastic being non-biodegradable, it ends up in the oceans. Wildlife then begins to consume and get tangled up in the plastic, which puts ocean life in danger. Plastic bag bans worked in Ireland. After a 15 cent tax on every plastic bag was implemented, plastic bag purchases/use went down 90%.

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There a lot more cons than pros when it comes to plastic bags.

Pros: multiple use, convenient, less space in landfills
Cons: a plastic bag can take 20-1000 years to degrade, 12 millions barrels of oil is used for 100 billions bags, only 1% of plastic bags are recycled

http://plasticvpaper.weebly.com/plastic---pros--cons.html

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https://www.dumpsters.com/blog/plastic-bag-bans
This source Showing plastic bag bans laws by pros and cons of plastic plastic bags.
What Are the Cons of Plastic Bags
- Bags Contaminate Food Sources
- Plastic Bags Take Up To 1,000 Years to Decompose
- Plastic Bags Are Hard to Recycle
What Are the Pros of Plastic Bags?
- Plastic Bag Production Is More Environmentally Friendly
- The Plastic Industry Employs Nearly 1 Million Americans
- Plastic Bags Reduce Food Safety Risks

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Plastic bag bans

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maine will be banning single use plastic bags by earth day 2020. this is to limit the total impact on the environment from the overuse of plastic bags

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/maine-bans-single-use-plastic-grocery-bags-by-earth-day-2020

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The pros of plastic bans is that it can make the economy in business becomes better. Since plastic bags are not biodegradable, the bags ends up as litter. Banning the plastic also makes the marine life better due to the pollution caused by plastic bags. The cons of banning plastic bags is that manufacturers that creates the plastic bags will have no business.
Source: https://www.factorydirectpromos.com/blog/pros-and-cons-of-a-plastic-bag-ban/

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Pros: plastic bags are shown to be better than paper, and cloth bags.

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Pros: plastic bags are shown to be better than paper, and cloth bags.

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cons: plastic bags are biodegradable making littering and other ways of disposal extremely hard. (https://www.factorydirectpromos.com/blog/pros-and-cons-of-a-plastic-bag-ban/) -Tyler Chen.