Plastic bags in retail stores could soon be banned with new bill

SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – The plastic bags most New Mexicans carry groceries or takeout food with might be different soon, statewide. That is, if a bill that's gaining traction makes it through the Roundhouse. A Democratic lawmaker’s bill, HB 392, is leading the charge to ban most single-use plastic bags and boxes that are not able to be recycled or reused. "What we have to do to help work towards mitigating the plastic waste crises is reduce some of these plastics that we si