LOS ANGELES — California’s first-in-the-nation statewide ban on reusable plastic bags could be sacked in November amid a brewing backlash over whether the measure’s effectiveness outweighs its inconvenience.
At issue is Senate Bill 270, which bans single-use plastic grocery bags and requires stores to charge at least 10 cents for alternative totes, such as paper. Passed in 2014, the law has yet to take effect pending the outcome of a veto referendum backed by the plastics industry that qualified last year for the November ballot.
The state measure is similar to hundreds of ordinances passed nationwide since San Francisco enacted the first ban on plastic carryout bags in 2007. In California alone, 137 local governments have implemented local bans on single-use plastic bags, according to Californians Against Waste.
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