From: ScottW48@hotmail.com   
      
   Instead of having the intended beneficial impact on the environment, the   
   reusable bag ban has actually backfired, data reported in the study show.   
   Plastic consumption in the state has nearly tripled, with New Jerseyans   
   previously consuming 53 million    
   pounds of plastic before the ban, compared to 151 million pounds following the   
   ban, FCR researchers reported.    
      
   Reusable bags made of non-woven polypropylene are much thicker than the   
   typical single-use plastic bags typically found at grocery and convenience   
   stores, using roughly 15 times the amount of plastic, the study reported.   
   Though the bags are built for    
   repeated shopping trips, most New Jerseyans only reuse the bags two to three   
   times before they're discarded.    
      
   ScottW   
      
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