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Efficacy of plastic bag bans | UDaily - University of Delaware A new study from the University of Delaware and Columbia University looked at plastic bag bans and fees in jurisdictions across the United States to gauge their effectiveness The researchers found that plastic bag policies led to a 25% to 47% decrease in plastic bags as a share of total items collected in shoreline cleanups relative to areas without policies
Plastic bag bans and fees reduce harmful bag litter on shorelines Policies to reduce plastic bag consumption are one approach that states and nations have used to curb plastic waste Using community-collected data from shoreline cleanups, Papp and Oremus assessed the effects of plastic bag bans and taxes on plastic bag litter on US shorelines
Plastic bag bans and fees work to curb litter, study says More than 600 bag policies, along with records from more than 45,000 shoreline cleanups between 2017 and 2023, were reviewed by researchers to see whether implementing bans or fees on plastic bags led to fewer discarded bags found near coastlines, rivers and lakes – and if they did, to what extent
Plastic bag bans and fees curb US shoreline litter, study suggests Banning or charging for plastic bags is helping stop them ending up on US shorelines, a study of the country’s litter suggests Data from thousands of cleanups showed that areas which tried to reduce bag use saw them fall by at least 25% as a percentage of total litter collected, compared to areas that didn’t try Bans or charging for bags worked better at state rather than town level, and