This is why it is important to adapt environmental policies to local circumstances: if you are living in a country where your plastic bag ends in a landfill, yo

This is why it is important to adapt environmental policies to local circumstances: if you are living in a country where your plastic bag ends in a landfill, you will have a very different definition of what is better for the environment than if you are living in a country where the plastic bag is safely burned in a trash incinerator. (Which is where Denmark is coming from: http://www.seas.columbia.edu/earth/wtert/sofos/Denmark_Waste.pdf http://www.seas.columbia.edu/earth/wtert/sofos/Denmark_Waste...)