California's 2014 plastic bag ban inadvertently led to increased plastic waste due to loopholes allowing heavier bags to be sold, resulting in 231,072 tons of plastic in landfills.
Experts indicate that the assumption plastic bags can be recycled is misleading; in reality, there are no recycling facilities for plastic bags in California, leading to a perpetual waste issue.
Sen. Catherine Blakespear highlighted the irony that a plastic bag has an average lifespan of merely 12 minutes, yet its environmental impact lasts for centuries.
California's recent ban targets the loopholes from the initial 2014 legislation and aims to confront the misconceptions about plastic recycling that have persisted for decades.
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