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The Government is doubling the plastic bag tax from 5p to 10p and expanding it to include corner stores, markets and takeaways.
This is a hit to small business as the economy is struggling.
Worst of all, it will do almost nothing for the environment. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8679923/Plastic-bag-tax-set-DOUBLE-Price-single-use-carrier-rise-10p.html
This is a hit to small business as the economy is struggling.
Worst of all, it will do almost nothing for the environment. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8679923/Plastic-bag-tax-set-DOUBLE-Price-single-use-carrier-rise-10p.html
Very little plastic actually ends up in the ocean.
"[T]he global weight of plastic pollution on the sea surface, from all size classes combined, is only 0.1% of the world annual production."
They also found 100x less microplastics than thought. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0111913
"[T]he global weight of plastic pollution on the sea surface, from all size classes combined, is only 0.1% of the world annual production."
They also found 100x less microplastics than thought. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0111913
Of plastic in ocean, very little of it comes from plastic bags: just 0.8% of plastic waste in oceans comes from plastic bags. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0111913
The contribution from Britain to plastic waste in the oceans is practically zero.
Ninety per cent of waste in the sea comes from just ten rivers. Eight of them are in Asia and two are in Africa.
https://www.ufz.de/index.php?en=36336&webc_pm=34/2017
Ninety per cent of waste in the sea comes from just ten rivers. Eight of them are in Asia and two are in Africa.
https://www.ufz.de/index.php?en=36336&webc_pm=34/2017
The increased use of paper bags and thicker bags uses more material and increases carbon emissions.
Thick plastic ags must be used 37 times, paper bags 34 times, and cotton bags 7,100 times, to have a lesser impact on the environment.
https://www2.mst.dk/Udgiv/publications/2018/02/978-87-93614-73-4.pdf
Thick plastic ags must be used 37 times, paper bags 34 times, and cotton bags 7,100 times, to have a lesser impact on the environment.
https://www2.mst.dk/Udgiv/publications/2018/02/978-87-93614-73-4.pdf
There's also potential impacts on human health because of a greater risk of harmful bacteria.
After San Francisco's plastic bag ban, there was an 50% spike in bacteria-related ER and deaths.
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2196481
After San Francisco's plastic bag ban, there was an 50% spike in bacteria-related ER and deaths.
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2196481
So single-use plastic bag bans are actually awful for the environment, harmful to businesses, inconvenient for consumers, and even hurts our health.
