Many of the greenies pushed hard for the plastic bag ban. At the same time, commercial food waste landfill ban got very little attention, although one could argue that will save a lot more waste out of landfills, and do more to reduce carbon emissions then banning single-use plastic bans. Donating more unsold food to charities and composting food waste, is really a good idea, but it didn’t excite liberals because it wasn’t as much about social control and will be largely invisible to ordinary consumers.