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Similarly to how Austin banned single use plastic bags. When I visit other cities, I notice them everywhere, stuck in fences, trees and bushes, along roads, und
by badwolf 10y ago
Similarly to how Austin banned single use plastic bags. When I visit other cities, I notice them everywhere, stuck in fences, trees and bushes, along roads, under overpasses, etc...
- jorgen123 10y agoThey call it urban tumbleweed. And where people care about keeping their town clean, tax money gets spent on removing the tumbleweed[1]. Which is why these bag bans are a general good thing. Source: http://1bagatatime.com/learn/plastic-bag-clean-costs/ http://1bagatatime.com/learn/plastic-bag-clean-costs/
- dx034 10y agoSince plastic bags have to cost 5p in England (except small supermarkets), the use decreased by ~85%. Shows how many of these are given out even though they're not needed. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-36917174 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-36917174