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Originally Posted by August
Charging for plastic bags is not going to address the litter problem which is what this is all about. Now a deposit system like that on cans and bottles might but i'd bet it would cost a lot more to administer than an outright ban.
Litterbugs suck.  |
Speaking from what's happened in Ireland, we introduced a levy on bags and the littering dropped massively. I think usage dropped by something like 98% after the introduction.