A little navel-gazing by leftists on how they screw up consistently:

Why Do Some People in New Jersey Suddenly Have Bags and Bags of Bags?
New York Times via Yahoo | September 1, 2022 | Clare Toeniskoetter

Nicole Kramaritsch of Roxbury, New Jersey, has 46 bags just sitting in her garage. Brian Otto has 101 of them, so many that he’s considering sewing them into blackout curtains for his baby’s bedroom. (So far, that idea has gone nowhere.) Lili Mannuzza in Whippany has 74.

“I don’t know what to do with all these bags,” she said.

The mountains of bags are an unintended consequence of New Jersey’s strict new bag ban in supermarkets. It went into effect in May and prohibits not only plastic bags but paper bags as well. The well-intentioned law seeks to cut down on waste and single-use plastics, but for many people who rely on grocery delivery and curbside pickup services their orders now come in heavy-duty reusable shopping bags — lots and lots of them, week after week.

While nearly a dozen states nationwide have implemented restrictions on single-use plastic bags, New Jersey is the only one to ban paper bags because of their environmental impact. The law also bans polystyrene foam food containers and cups, and restricts restaurants from handing out plastic straws unless they’re requested.

Compared to single-use plastics, the more durable reusable bags are better for the environment only if they are actually reused. According to Shelie Miller, a professor at the University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability, a typical reusable bag, manufactured from polypropylene, must be used at least 10 times to account for the additional energy and material required to make it. For cotton totes, that number is much higher.

Recycled Straight Line of the Day: Why do some people in New Jersey suddenly have bags and bags of bags?

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Intrepid girl reporter Claire Toenailcutter interviewed a sample of three people, who she probably knew, who bitched at a cocktail fundraiser.

Whippany?

Commenter on original article:

And these “reusable” bags….

They are sterilized after every use, correct?

Nobody would reuse the same “reusable” bag to transport food and have any residue from previous trips that may actually contaminate the new/ good food, right?

How much energy does it take and what is the process to completely sterilize these bags to be safe for reuse?