The Plastic Bag Ban

Hawaii Say bye bye to free bags on Oahu

The City Council on Oahu approved a nonsense law that went into effect on 07-01-2018 banning plastic bags. Stores will be fined if they give out bags to customers on Oahu without charging 15 cents for each bag. The bags sold will need to be reusable plastic bags that are compostable or paper bags that are recyclable. The store keeps the 15 cents as revenue and the bags sold are taxed adding additional cost for the consumer.

Unprepared shoppers are carrying purchased items out of the store without a bag to show defiance for the bonehead law. Shoplifters are attempting to carry unpurchased items out of the store too. Looks like the stores will need to use that 15 cents to add more security. It does appear that stores have beefed up their security. The consumer is being stalked by store security or staff to look at you as a potential shoplifter making your shopping experience uncomfortable.

The plastic bag ban will not save our planet. The planet will survive. The only thing that can destroy our planet is a Death Star. We need a law banning any construction of a Death Star.

Star Wars - Death Star aka Planet Destroyer