Officials enact sweeping ban on common grocery store item: 'In a lot of cases, you have no choice'

Officials enact sweeping ban on common grocery store item: 'In a lot of cases, you have no choice'

You're probably used to this scene by now: standing at the checkout line, watching folks drop items into one plastic bag after another.  The Vallejo Times-Herald reported that at one Safeway in Solano County, California, 23 out of 30 shoppers left with plastic bags. But here's the good news: Despite this deeply ingrained habit, people in that same county said they endorsed an upcoming state ban on these bags, signaling a major positive shift in …