Plastic bags could perhaps have numbered days in Regina.

A notice of motion will be introduced at Monday's city council meeting by Coun. Bob Hawkins to ban plastic bags.

"I think in Saskatchewan, we're anxious to show that we're doing something about the environment and this is a step that we can take to do it," Hawkins said. "I think it'll be welcomed by the community."

Hawkins is using plastic bags as an example because when they're not stuffed in other bags in someone's cupboard, they're entering landfills, litter on the street and/or are difficult to recycle.

The ban would go into effect in January 2021.

"We're in a society where we reduce recycle reuse and recycle. The first thing we should try and do is reduce."