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“It could not come a day too soon. New Yorkers use a staggering 23 billion plastic bags every year.”

The COVID-19 pandemic, and an unsuccessful lawsuit brought by the plastics industry delayed its implementation.

“They’re going to have a mess on their hands when this really goes into effect. There’s going to be some clean up on aisle three.”

“We’re going to probably get some negative feedback those first few weeks as we try to transition.”

Wegmans debuted the no-plastic policy at its Corning and Ithaca stores and called the pilot program successful.

By this time next year, single use plastic bags will be officially banned in New York State. But this new rule has some wondering, will we just end up with a paper bag problem?