The Green Isle

By Utne Staff
Published on October 9, 2007

Since Ireland instituted a 10 cent-per-bag tax last year, shops
there have reduced their bag use by 90 percent, according to
The Week. The result? A billion fewer plastic bags
in the waste stream this year compared to last.

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