Comments on: In Washington D.C., a New Five Cent Tax on Plastic and Paper Bags http://dirt.asla.org/2010/01/05/in-washington-d-c-a-new-five-cent-tax-on-plastic-and-paper-bags/ Connecting the Built & Natural Environments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:37:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: T-bone http://dirt.asla.org/2010/01/05/in-washington-d-c-a-new-five-cent-tax-on-plastic-and-paper-bags/#comment-1432 Wed, 06 Jan 2010 15:38:12 +0000 http://dirt.asla.org/?p=3644#comment-1432 Madison WI recently made it illegal to throw plastic bags out ($100+ fine)…they have set up common drop areas for people to disgard the bags…obviously this will be a self policing type of policy as police have stated they will not actively seek out illegal disgarders…but nonethless the next logical step is the ban. The nickel tax seems like more polluting than a ban. Has anyone considered the amount a material and processes necessary to create all these ‘reusable’ plastic/cloth/fabric bags?

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