海角换妻 shoppers will no longer be allowed to buy single-use plastic bags as of July 1, as the second phase of a state law banning those bags takes effect.
Since the law passed, the state has eliminated almost 500 million plastic shopping bags, said Wayne Pesce, president of the 海角换妻 Food Association.
鈥淭hose things were ending up in waterways, water tables, trees, power lines -- you name it,鈥� Pesce said.
Pesce says more and more customers are already shopping with their own reusable bags.
鈥淧rior to the law, about less than 10% of consumers in 海角换妻 brought their own bag,鈥� he said. 鈥淪ince the inception of the law, 90% of consumers today bring their own bag.鈥�
With more shoppers using reusable bags, Pesce hopes the change in the law won鈥檛 cause any great uproar.
鈥淚t鈥檚 a good law, it鈥檚 working, people are used to it today. I don鈥檛 see the July 1 ban on plastics having any disruption,鈥� he said.
Though plastic bags will no longer be available, consumers can still use produce bags and buy paper bags for 10 cents apiece.