But how will the bag lady survive?

San Francisco banned single-use plastic bags in grocery stores this week. Instead, the stores will use large, thick, reusable plastic bags. According to the story, the following U.S. cities are considering fees or bans of plastic bags: Austin, Texas; Bakersfield, Calif.; Boston; New Haven, Conn.; Portland, Ore.; Phoenix; and Annapolis, Md.

The catch? The new bags

. . . contain more plastic than the flimsy, single-use bags [and] . . . [o]f couse, those thicker, heavier plastic bags are still plastic.

Hmmm, did the plastic industry lobby for this?