Will the production of plastic waste reduce when the outlawing of thin plastics is replaced by thicker plastics?

Your politician who benefits from passing feel-good legislation says yes.

Reality might surprise you:

"In particular, my results showed that bag bans caused sales of small (4 gallon), medium (8 gallon) and large (13 gallon) trash bags to increase by 120 percent, 64 percent and 6 percent respectively." https://theconversation.com/plastic-bag-bans-can-backfire-if...