I'm so tired of these city counselors. This is a tax... and this is a way of trying to control the behavior of shoppers. The problem is NOT plastic bags. The problem is the ease of recycling them. The trash companies complain because they cause issues with their machines when they are dumped or put into the curb side recycling bins. Rather than banning the bags and taxing the use of paper bags... Simply make it EASIER to recycle plastic bags. Every major grocery store has bin used for recycling these bags. It's not the most convenient way to recycle them, but it's an option. Expand these locations.. set rules on how they should be recycled on the curbside. Don't tell us how to live. If you remember right in the 90's they were telling us to use plastic bags and not paper... to save the tree's. Now it's the opposite. Any now it's bring your own bag. What next, bring your own cart? Cart rental taxes?