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Re:Mumbai bans plastic bags, bottles, and single-use plastic... by thinkcontext on Tuesday June 26, 2018 @09:05AM (#17400236)
City services are expensive, why spend more money picking up trash, cleaning waterways, unclogging sewers, etc when you can do less of that? Particularly in developing countries which have scarce resources.

My city (Washington, DC) opted for a 5 cent tax on plastic bags. This caused use of them to drop 80% and been considered a huge success.

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Re:Mumbai bans plastic bags, bottles, and single-use plastic... by thecrazyone on Wednesday June 27, 2018 @01:48AM (#17406031)
Because demand for plastic bags or similar substances doesn't evaporate. You're using a different substance instead of plastic, if you ban it. Using paper implies cutting down more trees, and paper doesn't have all the awesome properties that plastic has: high tensile strength per weight, impermeable to air/moisture, lightweight, etc.
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Re:Mumbai bans plastic bags, bottles, and single-use plastic... by thinkcontext on Wednesday June 27, 2018 @12:40PM (#17409603)
Plastic bags are still available, they just cost a nickel now. I can't say I've noticed any more paper bags around, can't think of a store I shop at regularly where they are even available. I believe people are using reusable bags instead.
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