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cans. When these shopping bags are taxed or taken away, people look for alternatives—which means they buy small plastic garbage bags.
The study found California communities with bag policies saw sales of 4-gallon trash bags increase by 55% to 75%, and sales of 8-gallon trash bags increase 87% to 110%. These results echo earlier studies that also showed increases in sales of smaller plastic trash bags. "Carryout grocery bags were substituted for similar sizes of trash bags before implementing the regulations," he wrote in the paper."After the regulations came into effect, consumers' plastic bag demand switched from regulated plastic bags to unregulated bags."
But, Huang noted, bag bans or fees could make a dent in plastic waste among high-volume stores. The study found that if a store generated at least 326 carryout plastic bags a day—about 9,769 per month—the policy would end up sending less plastic to the landfill.
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