Charge 33-cents a bag, and see change happen
"Within weeks, plastic bag use dropped 94 percent. Within a year, nearly everyone had bought reusable cloth bags, keeping them in offices and in the backs of cars."
Motivated by a Tax, Irish Spurn Plastic Bags (The New York Times).
Legislation, at least when it includes a hefty tax, is clearly an effective means of bringing about social change-more effective than advertising campaigns or the efforts of individual retailers (like Whole Food's 5-cent discount per re-used bag in the United States). Write to your government officials and let them know you'd like to see plastic shopping bags disappear the way they disappeared in Ireland.
Motivated by a Tax, Irish Spurn Plastic Bags (The New York Times).
Legislation, at least when it includes a hefty tax, is clearly an effective means of bringing about social change-more effective than advertising campaigns or the efforts of individual retailers (like Whole Food's 5-cent discount per re-used bag in the United States). Write to your government officials and let them know you'd like to see plastic shopping bags disappear the way they disappeared in Ireland.