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You can't ban all bags, but you can ban free bags. Like, charge $0.25 for each bag and use the proceeds to clean up microplastic waste in your jurisdiction. It'
by kijin 6y ago
You can't ban all bags, but you can ban free bags. Like, charge $0.25 for each bag and use the proceeds to clean up microplastic waste in your jurisdiction. It's basically a tax on plastic bags.
The current market price of plastic bags doesn't reflect the externalities of using them willy-nilly and throwing them out.
- pjmlp 6y agoWhile in Germany it has helped to increase the amount of foldable bags we carry around, latest surveys just show a large majority doesn't care about having to pay such kind of taxes.
- kijin 6y agoWhat matters is whether the revenue from plastic bag sales actually goes into the cleanup effort, offsetting the externalities. If it doesn't, then the whole policy is a sham. If it does but the revenue is not enough, the price tag should increase until it accurately reflects the true cost. Increasing the cost to well above pocket change might have the welcome side effect of making people care more, but IMO that's a secondary concern.