Plastic pollution threatens marine and freshwater ecosystems and the services they provide. Although plastic bag bans and taxes are increasingly implemented worldwide, their effectiveness in reducing plastic litter remains unknown. Leveraging the ...
Yes, the fee wasn’t meant to be a money grab or a revenue center for merchants but a deterrent for citizens asking for bags or wastefully using them. And its imposed (usually) by the local government. Altruistic corporate bag bans are few & far between but at least not unheard of (thinking of you, my local Wegmans 👍-- yes plastic bags are still not even partially banned where I live but some stores have a no-plastic policy).
Yes, the fee wasn’t meant to be a money grab or a revenue center for merchants but a deterrent for citizens asking for bags or wastefully using them. And its imposed (usually) by the local government. Altruistic corporate bag bans are few & far between but at least not unheard of (thinking of you, my local Wegmans 👍-- yes plastic bags are still not even partially banned where I live but some stores have a no-plastic policy).