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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Why Plastic Bags Should Be Banned
From: photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Tue, 3 May 2016 06:37:01 +0200
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The solution is what they have in many European countries (including Denmark 
and most recently Spain): charge for plastic bags. This way, people will 
re-use them. It is one of those example we economists like?even a small 
price will make people change behaviour significantly.

Cheers,
Nathan

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> On 03 May 2016, at 05:14, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> 
> wrote:
> 
> Well, just to give another point of view, overall they are far, far less
> degrading to the environment if you take manufacture into account as well,
> than, say, paper bags - to make the latter, you chop down forests wholesale
> and pollute ground water as if there is no tomorrow. Things are never what
> they superficially seem.
> Cheers
> Jayanand
> 
> On Tue, May 3, 2016 at 12:38 AM, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> PESO:
>> 
>> They are not only ruining the environment, using petroleum, and causing 
>> all
>> kinds of cancer and hormonal changes, but they ruin landscape photos:
>> 
>> 
>> http://tinamanley.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/Iran/G0000YmlbTddL96g/I0000seRDkb_IxMU
>> 
>> Tina
>> 
>> --
>> Tina Manley
>> www.tinamanley.com
>> tina-manley.artistwebsites.com
>> 
>> http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html
>> 
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