Factoid/2010/07/13
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Assessment of the Effectiveness of Plastic Bag Fees
- "Late last year we celebrated our Washington DC Chapter's plastic bag fee campaign victory. The legislation created a 5-cent fee on all plastic bags used in the District. The first assessment of how the new law is working is now available. The D.C. Office of Tax and Revenue estimated that food and grocery establishments gave out about 3 million bags in January. Before the bag fee took effect Jan. 1, about 22.5 million bags were being issued each month in 2009. That's an 86% drop in usage per month while still generating $150,000 to the newly created Anacostia River Cleanup Fund, which will spend the revenue on various clean up projects." - excerpt from page 8 of Surfrider Foundation's bimonthly Making Waves publication, June 2010 issue.
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