Number of plastic bags found on UK beaches down 80% since charge introduced | Plastic bags
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jul/29/number-of-plastic-bags-found-on-uk-beaches-down-80-since-charge-introduced?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_content=ap_hapi14ocky
Posted by Kunphen
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I’m still using reusable fabric bags I bought back in 2015 for 50p. Easiest thing in the world to do.
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With this and the sugary drink tax we’ve got some fairly solid evidence that charges/taxes can work well to reduce undesirable behaviour.
Still not enough. When I do my shopping I’d say at least 50%+ are still buying bags, the difference now is they are a lot stronger than the disposable ones were.
inb4 “yebbutnobut all this woke net zero nonsense doesn’t work there’s still 20%’ses left innit”.
What did George Carlin say about plastic bags damaging the planet? Or this stuff about the planet in general being in “danger”? [Found it.](https://youtu.be/7W33HRc1A6c?t=150) In short, the planet is fine. It’s the people that are fucked.
Plastic bags were never a major problem on beaches. I’ve done beach cleans and the vast majority of the plastic waste came from the fishing industry.
Local littering is a good outcome, but plastic bags have been replaced by bags for life that materials depending need to be reused [many times ](https://www2.mst.dk/udgiv/publications/2018/02/978-87-93614-73-4.pdf)compared to a thin bag before they are neutral in impact. Organic cotton cloth bags the worst offenders.
Shows the positive environmental impact that government regulation can have and why free market libertarians should do one…
Plastic bags filling my under stairs cupboard up by 5000%
Now they have to put a deposit on cans and bottles.
Is it time to start introducing this for other containers? Maybe like how some countries add a deposit charge that you can claim once you handle the bottle in etc.
They probably sink to the bottom under the weight of the turds.
Now increase taxes on animal products, and remove the subsidies that the meat industry gets.
No plastic bags, just human turds and tampons. Much better now
Thanks, a good news story for a change
Now I would like to see sauce sachets banned, they cause a huge amount of litter.