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3 min readNov 4, 2021
To Bag, Or Not To Bag?
BYOB
We used to, here in the aware and progressive state of New Mexico, have a law against plastic bagging of goods at checkout counters. Customers had to bring their own recyclable bags or purchase them at shopping venues. BYOB orders could include bags, boxes, backpacks, purses and even shopping carts. With covid that all changed. Antiseptics, you know. We were forced, once again, to accept the offensive use of petroleum product bags…