DC reduces plastic bag use with tax 0
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April 01, 2010 by
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Washington, DC, taxes plastic shopping bags, and use goes down by 83% in one month. “Geez, that was simple,” wrote CommonDreams.org.
The tax, one of the first of its kind in the nation, is designed to change consumer behavior and limit pollution in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. ~Tim Craig, Washington Post
Funds raised from the tax were lower than expected, but that was because the overall program worked so well so quickly.
It wouldn’t be terribly difficult to apply this a similar incentive to reduce waste from disposable diapers.
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