Why Some Cities Are Restricting the Use of Reusable Grocery Bags Right Now | Kitchn

Why Some Cities Are Restricting the Use of Reusable Grocery Bags Right Now | Kitchn
"Over the last few years, state after state and city after city have banned plastic bag use at grocery stores in favor of encouraging people to bring their own reusable tote bags. 
However, as the novel coronavirus spreads rapidly around the country, the bans are not only being lifted, but sometimes even flipped completely on their heads: WCVB reports that in Massachusetts, governor Charlie Baker has now banned all reusable bags, and lifted the plastic bag ban and any charges for using single-use bags. 
The same restriction was already in place in the city of Boston itself.
There is significant evidence that reusable totes didn’t offer quite the environmental advantage that they seemed to when production was factored in, but even beyond that, there has long been evidence of the bags as a vector to make people sick...
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