China’s Ban Kept 100 Billion Plastic Bags Out of the Trash
Photo: Zainub , Flickr, CC It’s so simple — so gloriously simple. In 2008, China instated a law that made it illegal for stores to give out plastic bags for free . Instead, shop owners were required to charge for the bags, and allowed to keep any profit they made for themselves. The results? After two years, the poorly-enforced law has nonetheless dropped plastic bag consumption by a whopping 50% — keeping an estimated 100 billion plastic bags out of the landfills. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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China’s Ban Kept 100 Billion Plastic Bags Out of the Trash
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