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My memory is that in Europe, these bans came into force as a way to reduce litter as much as anything else. There definitely used to be bags in bushes and trees
by dundarious 4y ago
My memory is that in Europe, these bans came into force as a way to reduce litter as much as anything else. There definitely used to be bags in bushes and trees everywhere when I was a child, but no more.
- bombcar 4y agoLitter is a much better argument than "save the climate turtles" or whatever is usually mentioned.
- dundarious 4y agoIn fairness, the article itself doesn't mention climate effects, just the following, which I read as implying that voluntary reduced use of single-use plastic bags has had a material anti-litter effect, so the law should have an even greater anti-litter effect: > According to the Mercury News, the number of plastic bags picked up at California beaches during the state’s annual Coast Clean Up day dropped by 61% from 65,736 to 25,768 by 2019. I'm not claiming that proponents didn't primarily highlight climate, I don't know, I'm just going off this article where it's not even mentioned (yet practically all the comments seem to revolve around this being an ineffective climate measure).