"The new ban on single-use plastic bags at grocery store checkouts solidifies California as a leader in tackling the global plastic pollution crisis. Plastic bags are one of the deadliest types of plastic to ocean wildlife. With an ocean-based economy valued at $45 billion annually, California is dependent on a clean coast," said Christy Leavitt of Oceana in a statement.
"Plastic bags create pollution in our environment and break into microplastics that contaminate our drinking water and threaten our health," Engstrom said.
"Nothing we use for a few minutes should pollute the environment for hundreds of years," she said.
The bill was opposed by the plastics industry, whose group, the Recyclable Plastic Bag Alliance, said in a statement of opposition that the bill will likely lead to increased plastic use, "eliminate the use of 183 million pounds of recycled content in California each year, exacerbate our carbon footprint, and significantly raise costs for working families."
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