Face of Nation : Islanders appear to be making a hasty adjustment to fewer plastic bags. A ban has been in place on P.E.I. for over a month now. The changes are part of the Plastic Bag Reduction Act. Tom MacPhee was doing some shopping in Cornwall, P.E.I., this past week. He said the hardest part to the bag ban is to remember to take his reusable bags. into the store from his car.
He said the bag ban has caused no major problems for him. “I agree with this, this whole conception,” MacPhee said. Island resident Ellen Stetson said not much has changed in her world. She was already using reusable bags at grocery stores. “The only thing I have to think about is taking it into smaller convenience stores,” she said. Stetson said she doesn’t forget her bags in the car often because she has already gotten used to the habit of grabbing them before going into the grocery store. “I always just have them in the back of my car. Sometimes I’ll get into the grocery store and have to run back, but most of the time it’s just a habit already for me.”
