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Wow: China's Free Bag Ban Reduced Consumption by 50 Percent

Putting a price on plastic bags in China probably saved the world about 100 billion pieces of trash.

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More Evidence That D.C.'s Bag Tax Had a Big Effect

When Washington, D.C.'s five-cent plastic bag tax went into effect, it looked like a good idea. Evidence just keeps mounting that it was.

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Plastic Association Takes Aim at Reusable Grocery Bags

This morning I was tipped off to a new article over at Self called "The Dirty Truth About Reusable Shopping Bags." It cites a study that found "64...

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Washington, D.C.'s Beautiful Bag Tax

Washington D.C. instituted a 5-cent tax on disposable bags-both paper and plastic-on New Year's Day. Now, when you go to the grocery store in the...