I reckon that putting a stop to plastic bags is a good idea. When you look at some island and roadside and beaches their are plastic bags everywhere. If we can get everyone onto this no more plastic bags there is going to be heaps of sea life creatures. But we also have to pick up any piece of rubbish . Loads of other countries are getting rid of them like: Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America and South America. Check out this article about my small town trying to be the first town in New Zealand to go plastic bag free. I got this information from Study.com