- Banning Plastic Bags Works to Limit Shoreline Litter, Study . . .
Banning Plastic Bags Works to Limit Shoreline Litter, Study Finds Using crowdsourced data from shore cleanups, researchers found that areas that enacted plastic bag bans or fees had fewer bags
- Plastic bag bans help: Study finds up to 47% drop in . . .
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
- Do Plastic Bag Bans Actually Work? Yes, And Here’s . . . - MSN
Researchers analyzed data from 45,067 shoreline cleanups conducted by volunteers between 2016 and 2023, creating the largest-ever study of how plastic bag policies affect environmental pollution
- New study shows plastic bag bans cut shoreline litter - The Hill
Policies that have banned or imposed fees on plastic bags are leading to significant declines in plastic litter along U S shorelines, a new study has found These state- and local-level regulation…
- Do plastic bag bans and fees work? A new study says policies . . .
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
- Plastic bag bans and fees reduce harmful bag litter on . . . - AAAS
Using data on US policies and cleanups, we show that plastic bag bans and fees limit shoreline plastic bag debris [Photos (left to right): Tony Webster, 2012, Portland, OR, USA, CC BY 2 0 license; Val Vega, 2023, Los Angeles, CA, USA, courtesy of Ocean Conservancy; Douglas Croft, 2017, Monterey, CA, USA, courtesy of Ocean Conservancy]
- Here’s How Plastic Bag Bans Are Working - Scientific American
Researchers analyzed data from thousands of shoreline cleanups across the U S and found that areas that implemented policies that banned single-use plastic bags or charged a fee for them had a
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