Jun 10, 2016 ... Bag bans cut this litter off at the source: In San Jose, California, a plastic bag ban  led to an 89 ... Others, like in New York City, treat all single-use bags equally. ...  How many plastic bags are replaced by one cotton tote bag? ... The reasons for  paper's higher carbon footprint are complex, but can mostly be ...
May 18, 2017 ... The state plastic bag ban will likely lead to a decrease in single-use bags. ... A  woman loads groceries in plastic bags into her car in San Francisco before the  city enacted its ... Since November, when California became the first state to ban  .... Plastic bags, he said, account for a tiny portion of overall litter.
San Francisco (Table ES-5): 18% reduction in plastic bag street litter from 2007 to  ... San Mateo County: 162% more people bringing their own bags, 130% more ...  Santa Barbara: After 2 years, almost 45 million single-use plastic shopping ...
Jun 27, 2018 ... Woolworths banned single-use plastic shopping bags a week ago, and Coles ...  in San Francisco increased 46% after the bag ban went into effect. ... chief says  that 13 million tonnes of plastic litter end up in the oceans and ...
Oct 23, 2013 ... The Rise of Single-‐Use Plastic Bags … ... The Problem with Plastic Bags in San  Diego … ... How Could SD Grocery Bag Needs Change with a PBB + Fee? ... Do  PBB + Fees Decrease Single-‐Use Bag Litter and Waste? .... San Francisco have  reported “no sustained negative impact to retailers.”.
Says bag litter increased after San Francisco banned single-use shopping bags.