Ireland Decreased Plastic Bag Use By 94% Overnight

3 02 2008

How?

By putting the equivalent of a 33 cent tax on each bag back in 2002. Today the bags are socially unacceptable and virtually no one ever picks them up.

Just another option.

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  • Date : 3 February 2008
  • Tags : 30030, Ireland plastic bags, plastic grocery bags
  • Categories : Lifestyle, National News

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