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A comment on Nepal's Ban on Production and Use of Plastic Bags Comes into Effect. Parent comment

Re:Nepal's Ban on Production and Use of Plastic Bags Comes i... by EGreg on Sunday July 17, 2016 @10:52AM (#12110351)
He is saying that the result is the opposite of the intent of the law. Telling a single individual to stop using the bags shows it doesn't work. It's like yelling at a user during user testing that they should just click the obvious button.

Laws should have A/B testing before rolling out to everyone.

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Re:Nepal's Ban on Production and Use of Plastic Bags Comes i... by dragonwriter on Sunday July 17, 2016 @11:24AM (#12110442)
In that plastic bag bans with the same basic parameters were applied in a few cities before spreading, in this particular case there was a kid of A/B testing before they were applied to everyone (actually, still pretty fast from everyone).

The argument upthread is that one household's behavior wasn't what the law intended, which is hardly a compelling counterargument.

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