Plastic Bag Bans Effectively Reduce Shoreline Litter, Study Shows
TL;DR
A study using crowdsourced data from shoreline cleanups across the U.S. found that areas with plastic bag bans or fees have significantly fewer plastic bags littering lakes, rivers, and beaches, indicating that such policies are effective in reducing shoreline pollution.
- Banning Plastic Bags Works to Limit Shoreline Litter, Study Finds The New York Times
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- Plastic bag bans and fees curb US shoreline litter, study suggests BBC
- Plastic bag fees and bans help limit coastal litter, study finds The Washington Post
- Do Plastic Bag Bans Actually Work? Time Magazine
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