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this is exactly what happened with the previous ban single use plastic bags were banned, so now instead people accumulate the more dense multi-use bags under t
by blibble 8y ago
this is exactly what happened with the previous ban
single use plastic bags were banned, so now instead people accumulate the more dense multi-use bags under their kitchen sink instead
- mijamo 8y agoThis is false. Plastic use has been dramatically reduced by the previous law. Source: Assessment of measures to reduce marine litter from single use plastics, European Comission, 2018
- blibble 8y agothe European Commission stating that its own policy is a success? that's not surprising at all!
- jacobolus 8y agoAnecdotally, I see (a) lots of paper bags, and (b) lots of people carrying canvas tote bags, a decade after the plastic bag ban in SF.
- blibble 8y agoif the retailers switched to using paper or canvas bags I can certainly believe that however UK retailers swapped to selling heavier duty plastic bags instead
- delfinom 8y agoI buy the $1 Ikea bags and then throw them out :)