After nearly a decade of the law being in place, the plastic bag ban in California seems to have backfired on the West Coast state, as it’s been found that even more plastic waste has been generated than before. Now, close to nine years after the legislation went into effect in July 2015, plastic bag waste has increased to never-before-seen levels, the Los Angeles Times reported. The Times cited a report from CALPIRG, a consumer advocacy group, which found there had been a startling increase in the weight of plastic bags discarded in the state — from 157,385 tons in 2015 to 231,072 tons in 20…