Plastic bag bans have lingering impacts, even after repeals
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Regulations imposed to protect the environment may continue to have impacts even after they are repealed. And those lingering impacts include some that run contrary to the goals of the policies.
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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/mvea on 2024-11-20 11:16:23+00:00.

Original Title: Banning free plastic bags for groceries resulted in customer purchasing more plastic bags, study finds. Significantly, the behaviors spurred by the plastic bag rules continued after the rules were no longer in place. And some impacts were not beneficial to the environment.