Britain banishes plastic bags as 5p 'tax' sees usage plummet by 6 billion
Britain Taxes Plastic Bags
As conservation measures grew lax
it was time to resort to a tax
since those millions of bags of plastic
in oceans required this action drastic
to prevent further environmental harm
and it has worked like a charm.
And even If impatient shoppers now find this hateful
they should think of the blue whales who are grateful.
PS:
This kind of consumption tax to reduce the pig in you
is actually named for the economist Arthur Cecil Pigou.
PPS: It is apparently controversial in its intricacies
but I'll that that learned discussion for PhD's.
Hzl
7/30/16
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Britain has virtually banished plastic bags just six months after the Government introduced a 5pc charge to discourage shoppers from using them, official data has revealed.
According to figures released today by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, shoppers are on track to use around six billion fewer single-use plastic bags this year.
Since the policy came into force in England in October 2015, the total number of carrier bags used at the UK's biggest retailers has fallen by an estimated 85 per cent.
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