should we pay for plastic bags?
by：Taohan
2020-02-05
UK plans to charge plastic shopping bags as early as 2015 --
Some time after the rest of the UK.
But critics say the law will be much weaker than those in Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland.
Britain uses more than 8 billion disposable shopping bags every year.
After one use, many people are thrown away, filled with landfill sites, or rivers, hedges and town centers that litter.
They pose a threat to wildlife, especially marine life.
Globally, they contribute to the huge floating plastic \"islands\" in the ocean.
Ministers and activists want people to develop the habit of using bags repeatedly instead of dropping them.
How should plastic bags be made?
What is the long-term threat of plastic in our oceans?
Data from Wales and Northern Ireland show that their charges have had a significant and direct impact since their introduction in 2011 and 80%, reducing bag use by 2013 or more.
15 cents in the Republic of Ireland (13p)
Plastic bag tax in 2002
Single bag usage is expected to decline by 90%.
The government wants the cost of 5 p to apply only to supermarkets and large stores with at least 250 employees, however, in order to reduce the management and financial costs of small businesses, small and take-out stores will be exempted.
The program will also exempt bio-delivered bags, paper bags and reusable \"lifetime bags\" considered green \". Axe-
Critics say they have confused the issue and may leave the impression that there is no need to reuse other types of bags.
Member of the environmental audit committee chairman Joan Walley (EAC)
They say they are \"unnecessary complexity \".
\"We should keep it simple and learn from Northern Ireland and Wales and have a fair playing field in England,\" she added . \".
Association of Convenience Stores, ACS for short ,(
\"Voice of local shops \")
It is \"too complicated\" to say the plan \".
The company says its members are keen to participate and the proposed charges should apply to \"all bag types and all retailers \".
The convenience store should refund the charity.
Large stores are expected to donate it to environmental charities, but there will be no reporting rules for small stores that may decide to support local businesses.
Although the current cost of free luggage provided by the store is small, ACS said that research shows that stores in Wales did not pay this fee from the charge, but donated all the fees to charity.
In terms of greenhouse gas emissions, the very thin modern plastic bags used by supermarkets are actually cleaner than paper bags, heavier plastic \"life bags\" and textile bags.
These bags will only be more effective when reused multiple times
More than 100 times in the case of cotton bales
That\'s the idea, of course.
Thin plastic bags can reduce waste if reused and then be used as a bin liner.
Some time after the rest of the UK.
But critics say the law will be much weaker than those in Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland.
Britain uses more than 8 billion disposable shopping bags every year.
After one use, many people are thrown away, filled with landfill sites, or rivers, hedges and town centers that litter.
They pose a threat to wildlife, especially marine life.
Globally, they contribute to the huge floating plastic \"islands\" in the ocean.
Ministers and activists want people to develop the habit of using bags repeatedly instead of dropping them.
How should plastic bags be made?
What is the long-term threat of plastic in our oceans?
Data from Wales and Northern Ireland show that their charges have had a significant and direct impact since their introduction in 2011 and 80%, reducing bag use by 2013 or more.
15 cents in the Republic of Ireland (13p)
Plastic bag tax in 2002
Single bag usage is expected to decline by 90%.
The government wants the cost of 5 p to apply only to supermarkets and large stores with at least 250 employees, however, in order to reduce the management and financial costs of small businesses, small and take-out stores will be exempted.
The program will also exempt bio-delivered bags, paper bags and reusable \"lifetime bags\" considered green \". Axe-
Critics say they have confused the issue and may leave the impression that there is no need to reuse other types of bags.
Member of the environmental audit committee chairman Joan Walley (EAC)
They say they are \"unnecessary complexity \".
\"We should keep it simple and learn from Northern Ireland and Wales and have a fair playing field in England,\" she added . \".
Association of Convenience Stores, ACS for short ,(
\"Voice of local shops \")
It is \"too complicated\" to say the plan \".
The company says its members are keen to participate and the proposed charges should apply to \"all bag types and all retailers \".
The convenience store should refund the charity.
Large stores are expected to donate it to environmental charities, but there will be no reporting rules for small stores that may decide to support local businesses.
Although the current cost of free luggage provided by the store is small, ACS said that research shows that stores in Wales did not pay this fee from the charge, but donated all the fees to charity.
In terms of greenhouse gas emissions, the very thin modern plastic bags used by supermarkets are actually cleaner than paper bags, heavier plastic \"life bags\" and textile bags.
These bags will only be more effective when reused multiple times
More than 100 times in the case of cotton bales
That\'s the idea, of course.
Thin plastic bags can reduce waste if reused and then be used as a bin liner.
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