THE LASTING IMPACTS OF MASS CONSUMERISM AND THE DISPOSABLE CULTURE: A PROPOSITION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF PLASTIC SHOPPING BAG BANS IN TEXAS LAW.

The article discusses efforts to regulate the use of plastic shopping bags in Texas for proper disposal or outright bans. Also cited are the impact of mass consumerism and disposable culture on the misuse of plastic bags in the state, the fight on whether to ban plastic bags in Texas like the case City of Laredo v. Laredo Merchants Association, the economic effects of plastic bag use and law, and the background of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.