We’re all bracing for the supermarket equivalent of a tectonic plate shift. On Monday, Jan. 27, Wegmans stores in New York State will stop using plastic bags.
This is HUUUUGE. For customers, the company, employees, and the environment. 
Shoppers will have to buy reusable bags or use paper, at five cents a pop.
The company’s move precedes a state ban on single-use plastic bags in stores, which takes effect on March 1.
Wegmans opposed the law, arguing: “Paper bags are heavier and take up more space; it takes seven tractor trailers to transport the same number of paper bags as plastic bags carried by one tractor trailer. It also takes about 90 percent more resources and energy to make and recycle paper compared to plastic.”
Customers tell me they’re stockpiling plastic bags at home, for garbage, dog poop and all sorts of non-grocery uses.
The reusable bag warning at my Wegmans is slowly growing larger and more aggressive 😂 pic.twitter.com/jaQpvxOcEo
— chela: new year, same great takes (@akachela) January 23, 2020
wegmans getting rid of plastic bags is affecting me more than it should
— taylor (@tdaviss13) January 25, 2020
Down to my last plastic bag…gonna have to stock up this weekend— no more after Monday @Wegmans. RIP pic.twitter.com/olQ8q1ys6m
— Ginny Ryan (@ginnyryan) January 24, 2020
When you go to Wegmans and forget to bring a bag pic.twitter.com/CnKH5miYDw
— Dom (@dommangano) January 21, 2020