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UC-Riverside: Plastic Bag Bans Have Lingering Impacts, Even After Repeals
November 16, 2024
RIVERSIDE, California, Nov. 16 (TNSres) -- The University of California Riverside campus issued the following news:

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Banning free plastic bags for groceries resulted in customer purchasing more plastic bags, study finds

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Regulations imposed to protect the environment may continue to have impacts even after they are repealed. And those lingering impacts include some that run contrary to the goals of the policies.

Such are . . .

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