The lift on the ban of single-use plastic bags, as Lizzie said in her commentary, is an unfortunate setback in our state’s goal to become fully sustainable. It is sad that we went back on a plan that reduced the use of almost 200 thousand plastic bags annually. I agree with you that the ban helped reduce the littering of many unnecessary plastic bags. The City of Austin helped to clean up the surrounding environment by implementing this plan. It helped remove bags from many streams and general litter around the city. The move we made was in the right direction to make the city overall cleaner. The ban also convinced many people to switch over to reusable bags which are better for the environment. So even after the ban has been lifted, many people have continued to use reusable bags like they did during the ban. I agree that is pointless to keep spending money on plastic bags which are made of non renewable resources like petroleum and natural gas. Also like you said, many plastic bags are recyclable, but most do not end up being recycled due to one reason or another. The cities ban on plastic bags was a great step forward, and even though it was repealed, citizens can keep working on making its impacts last for a long time to come.
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