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How might banning the use of littered items, mitigate the detrimental…

- - - - A blanket ban of plastic bags might not be the best possible solution for the environment. Instead, adding a tax on plastic bags will reduce their consumption. An environmental tax on plastic bags can reduce their consumption by 70%. A proper cost benefit analysis of the reduction of plastic bags consumption is recommended to estimate the social consumption of plastic bags and the actual costs of alternatives.
        
        “Refill not Landfill” campaign is a voluntary program for hotels and restaurants to offer their guests reusable water bottles and free filling stations... -(Tackling the Plastic Problem NYTs)
        
        Scotland placed a 5 pence tax on plastic bags and have seen an 80% reduction in plastic bag use in the first year -( Management of plastic bags waste: An assessment of scenarios in Jordan)
        
        (Rebuttal) Bans aren't a reliable option
        
        (Solutions and alternatives)
- - - - more than 240 cities passed plastic bag bans and taxes since 2007.
        139 cities and counties in California placed plastic bag bans themselves. The bag bans led to about 40 million fewer pounds of plastic produced each year. -(Are Plastic Bag Bans Garbage?)
      - They saw a 120% increase in sales for 4-gallon trash bags after the ban was placed. 30% of plastic that was eliminated from the ban comes back in thicker trash bags. -(Are Plastic Bag Bans Garbage?)
        
        a ban isn't beneficial to the people who reuse those bags (picking up dog poop or lining trash bins) this made the prices of trash bags higher. Trash bags are thick and use more plastic than shopping bags
      - Surge in paper bags will result in about 80 million pounds of extra paper each year.
        
        After cities banned plastic bags they saw a surge of paper bags increase which is worse for the environment. (require cutting down and processing trees which involves toxic chemicals, water, fuel and heavy machinery.)