Image courtesy of London Councils is considering either banning or placing a tax on plastic shopping bags to help curb landfill waste. They say London is "facing a landfill problem because Londoners annually use 1.6 billion bags, which take 400 years to decompose."
London Councils is considering either banning or placing a tax on plastic shopping bags to help curb landfill waste. They say London is “facing a landfill problem because Londoners annually use 1.6 billion bags, which take 400 years to decompose.” The group is seeking comments from the public through October 26th. [Bloomberg ]
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