Here’s How Plastic Bag Bans Are Working - Scientific American Data from beach cleanups show that banning or taxing single-use plastic bags makes a difference in ecosystems 45,000 volunteer-powered shoreline cleanups between January 2016 and December 2023
Plastic bag bans and fees reduce harmful bag litter on shorelines Using community-collected data from shoreline cleanups, Papp and Oremus assessed the effects of plastic bag bans and taxes on plastic bag litter on US shorelines Plastic bag policies significantly reduced the proportion of plastic bags in shoreline litter Although less common, taxes or fees on plastic bags may be even more effective than bans
Science says plastic bag bans really do work - Grist The study authors found that, in places with plastic bag bans or taxes, volunteers at shoreline cleanups collected 25 to 47 percent fewer plastic bags as a total fraction of items collected