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Will prohibit retailers from using plastic if customers do not bring their own reusable bags they would be given an option to buy a paper one for a nickel. what is making environmentalists happy, others call it a hidden tax and are worried about the economic impact it could have. >> frankly, we think there is a better way to address the issue of bag litter and disposal than raising grocery costs for consumers in the state. potentially putting up to a thousand manufacturing jobs at risk and with the state drowning in $19 billion of debt. >> all right, next the measure moves to the senate. gover...

Plastic to break down in a landfill as opposed to paper and that is why plastic bags would be banned in california if lawmakers get their way, considering each year, listen to this: some 19 billion of them are used in the golden state alone. >> our grocers do a good job of listening to their customers. i think it will be challenging in the beginning, as we move to changing behavior of our consumers. but, in the long run i think it will be the right thing to do and i think our consumers will adjust to it. >> it simply already passed legislation that would prohibit retailers from using plastic i...