By CHRISTOPHER ARNOTT HARTFORD COURANT |JUL 01, 2021 AT 2:55 PM
Connecticut’s ban on single-use plastic bags took effect on July 1, and this time, those flimsy receptacles are gone for good. If you forget to bring your own bags to the store, there’s no stack of plastic single-use ones you can get for a dime each.
The pesky bags, known in some cultures as “witches’ knickers” for their propensity to fly through the air and get stuck in trees, have been a bane of environmentalists for decades. Single-use bags, they assert, don’t just add to general litter but can take thousands of years to decompose completely, emitting hazardous chemicals while they do. They also cause tangles in single-stream recycling machinery since they’re often used to bag actual recyclable items.