[overcyn]

It seems presumptuous to assume that because you reuse all your plastic shopping bags the rest of the population also behaves similarly. Can you cite a study that shows plastic bag bans increasing the total use of plastic or plastic waste like you claim? Everything I find says otherwise. Maybe a little bit of inconvenience is necessary to improve the environment.

[taneq]

I think it would be a good general rule (and I should do this more as well) to do a quick search for relevant papers rather than simply saying [citation needed]. It's a bit more effort but adds a lot of value to the response.