Toledo and New York mayors proposed plastic bag tax

The mayors of Toledo, OH and New York, NY have both proposed a tax on plastic bags.

In New York, it has been estimated that the fee could generate at least $16 million for the city while keeping a billion plastic bags every year out of landfills.

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Plastic in the ocean

The California Ocean Protection Council (OPC) has proposed instituting plastic bag use fees and banning plastic take-out containers as part of a strategy to reduce ocean litter.

According to the Long Beach-based Algalita Marine Research Foundation, 60 to 80% of the world's ocean litter is made up of plastic.

http://www.resources.ca.gov/copc/

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5 Canadian cents fee for plastic bags

Loblaw, Canada's biggest super market chain, said it would begin charging customers 5 Canadian cents a bag on April 22, 2009, which is Earth Day.

The city council in Toronto is currently debating passing a controversial bylaw to put a surcharge of 5 Canadian cents on all plastic shopping bags used in the city.

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If you need to take a plastic bag...

If you need to take a plastic bag, please re-use it, or recycle curbside if available or at a convenient drop-off site. Grocery stores often provide a bin for recycling plastic bags, and www.plasticbagrecycling.org has a database of drop-off locations. Remember to recycle only plastic bags that are clean and dry and remove any receipts.

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