Plastic bag ban: the right move?

Reusing plastic bags provided during shopping trips is becoming a thing of the past with the No Plastic Bag campaign, but it also means demand for garbage bags is on the rise. — filepic

WHILE making breakfast last weekend, I reached for a garbage bag to throw away eggshells, and found none.

I gave up after searching for 20 minutes and instead used a small plastic bag that was available. That was when it hit me that I had not bought garbage bags in more than 20 years.