Motivated by a Tax, Irish Spurn Plastic Bags

Saturday, February 2, 2008, 14:00
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Photo courtesy Dano and licensed by Creative Commons.

In true liberal fashion, Ireland has taxed plastic bags to save the planet. Instead of merely banning the bags to curb behavior, the government simply enjoys addition revenue while forcing a lifestyle change on its people. Each bag carries a whopping $0.33 tax and the country has realized a 94% drop in plastic bag use. I guess Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth is really more about inconvenience than anything else.

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