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Where is it that you see there is a 'radical demand in decline'? There is no decline in demand as of yet because the prices of the bags are the exact same as they were a year ago; (well, I don't really know this for a fact) the only thing that has shifted is that the there is now a tax on plastic bags for consumers, not the distributors, wholesalers, or the retailers. They'll probably keep ordering and buying with very little inkling that what they might need to do is order less this time.
Perhaps I'm wrong about this, and more of these chains will notice they can reduce their overhead by not buying as much plastic bags anymore, and decide to instead start making their own custom, sturdy "grocer" bags for people to buy. But still, will all this news of we don't want bags any more in San Francisco or in Washington D.C. affect worldwide plastic production and distribution for the foreseeable future? I'd be happily surprised if that were to occur.
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As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world (that is the myth of the Atomic Age) as in being able to remake ourselves. —Mohandas K. Gandhi
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