plastic bag ban unhealthy?

[Carey]

The plastic bag ban is not an outright ban, retailers & consumers are given a choice, but the ban is a ban on FREE plastic bags (whether the retailer uses paper, plastic, lauhala, biodegradable or whateva is up to the retailer & the fee collected can go any where the retailer chooses, some are donating to the food basket, one is donating to beach cleanups - and consumer - if they chose to purchase a plastic bag...if the retailer chooses to offer them)

I do enjoy the plastic bag PSA that was created right here in this county to encourage the use of resuse bags, esp. when the lady says to just "tro' em in the wash...it is soo easy" & soo local!