California's plastic bag ban is failing. Here's why

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3. I reuse my bags for nearly all of my grocery excursions.

One cloth bag is for the six-pack of beer at the liquor store. I also have a thermally insulated bag and a large durable-fabric bag both with strong handles in case I need to hang them from the back of my wheelchair. I've found this more efficient than carrying 7 or 8 plastic bags that were subject to breaking. I will still ask the grocery clerk to put items in plastic containers that might break such as pico de gallo, guacamole, parfaits into plastic bags before putting them in my other bags so that I can avoid cleanup if an accident occurs.

Now if I could find someone at the grocery store that actually knows how to sack groceries--frozen and cold items in the insulated bag, isolating the breakable products from other groceries, keeping chemical products away from food products, and grouping like products (bathroom/office products/pantry/refrigerator/produce). I'm dreaming...