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Re:Plastic bag bans and fees reduce harmful bag litter on sh... by Ray20 on Saturday June 21, 2025 @06:47PM (#44341308)
Because they are about 400 times more expensive to produce than plastic bags with comparable characteristics?
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Re:Plastic bag bans and fees reduce harmful bag litter on sh... by BrenBarn on Saturday June 21, 2025 @09:30PM (#44342337)
But then the people using them can pay that 400x price rather than making society as a whole pay for the externalized environmental cost of a plastic bag.
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Re:Plastic bag bans and fees reduce harmful bag litter on sh... by Ray20 on Sunday June 22, 2025 @04:22AM (#44345034)
There is no externalized environmental cost of a plastic bag.
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