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"Over the past several years, U.S. cities and states have passed hundreds of
policies restricting the sale and distribution of single-use plastic bags. A
new report says these laws have largely succeeded in their goal of reducing
plastic bag use. The report — copublished by three nonprofits, Environment
America, U.S. Public Interest Research Group Education Fund, and Frontier Group
— draws on industry and government data to suggest that plastic bag bans can
eliminate nearly 300 single-use plastic bags per person per year.
“The bottom line is that plastic bag bans work,” said Faye Park, president of
the U.S. PIRG Education Fund, in a statement. “People realize quickly it’s easy
to live without plastic bags and get used to bringing a bag from home or
skipping a bag when they can.”
The report looked at plastic bag bans nationwide but focused on five
representative policies in New Jersey; Vermont; Philadelphia; Portland, Oregon;
and Santa Barbara, California. New Jersey’s, enacted in 2022, has had the
greatest impact, eliminating more than 5.5 billion plastic bags annually.
Policies in the other jurisdictions eliminated between about 45 million and 200
million plastic bags per year, depending on population size. The researchers
arrived at their estimates using data collected by municipal agencies,
academics, and plastics and grocery industry groups."
Via
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Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
