The High Price of Plastic

Also, wealthier people wouldn't be bothered by a ten or twenty cent charge for their bags, whats a few dollars to them? And even if there was no profit due to people bringing re-usable bags to the store, isn't that a good thing? Eliminating plastic bags as a whole would save companies money on manufacturing, so it would still be a financial benefit.
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             Another benefit to charging for plastic is the boost it would give to recycling. Most reusable shopping bags are made of recyclable materials, so the more of those we buy, the more money there will be put into the companies making these bags, putting more profit into recycling industries. Plus, because these bags are re-usable we don't have to purchase them as often as we would with the plastic bags, maybe once a year, and the reusable bags at Walmart are only fifty cents each. That's $5 a year if you want ten bags. Who wouldn't pay that for such a benefit to the earth?.
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             A concern some have is that the money they are paying for these bags isn't going to benefit the community. An article on ESL shows that it would. .
             When there is such a big issue with the overuse of plastic and the damage it can cause years down the road, is there anything one person can do? An individual in my hometown thought so, and high school student Dustin Michaels decided to do something about it. He initiated a movement at his school to ban plastic bags. Beyond that, he brought the issue to the forefront with our City Council. The result in less than a year is a 20-cent bag fee on single-use plastic and paper bags. The fee goes to public education and compensating stores for associated costs. Many in the community already use cloth bags, but the fee is justified to help everyone remember to bring their bags. .
             If I had a nickel for every bag Mayor Bloomberg of new your stated on Info Wars in 2006, expressing his desire to tax five cents for every bag taken home from a purchase.