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- Banning Plastic Bags Works to Limit Shoreline Litter, Study Finds
The total amount of plastic bag debris found on shorelines in areas with and without policies increased over the study period but the increase in areas with plastic bag bans and fees was
- Plastic bag bans help: Study finds up to 47% drop in shoreline bag litter
The researchers found that plastic bag policies led to a 25% to 47% decrease in plastic bags as a share of total items collected in shoreline cleanups relative to areas without policies
- Plastic bag bans and fees reduce harmful bag litter on shorelines
Whether a plastic bag policy succeeds in reducing shoreline litter depends on how it affects both consumption and waste management For instance, a partial ban could fail to reduce plastic consumption but still reduce litter if customers substitute thin bags for thicker ones that are less likely to blow away
- Plastic shopping bag policies are actually working, a new study . . .
Policies that ban or impose fees on plastic bags are associated with a 25% to 47% decrease in plastic bag litter in shoreline cleanups, according to a study published Thursday in the journal Science
- Charging for plastic shopping bags can actually lead to cleaner beaches . . .
Local laws enforcing bans or fees for plastic shopping bags are associated with a 25 to 47 percent decrease in plastic bag litter found during shoreline cleanups, according to a new study in the
- Efficacy of plastic bag bans | UDaily - University of Delaware
Papp, the study’s lead author, said the plastic collected in shoreline cleanups can serve as a proxy for the total amount of plastic litter in the local marine or aquatic environment “A lot of the previous economics literature on plastic bag policies has used checkout data at the store level,” Papp said
- Plastic bag fees and bans help limit coastal litter, study finds
The study, published Thursday in the peer-reviewed journal Science, analyzed the relationship between policies on plastic bags and the litter collected in more than 45,000 shoreline cleanups In
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