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(40,367 posts) Tue Dec 4, 2018, 04:22 PM Dec 2018

Australia Cuts 80% of Plastic Bag Use in 3 Short Months

https://www.ecowatch.com/australia-plastic-bag-ban-2622280343.html

Despite a few hiccups along the way, Australia's plastic bag consumption has dropped drastically.

Three months after two of the largest supermarket chains banned plastic grocery bags, an estimated 1.5 billion bags have been prevented from use, the Australian Associated Press reported, citing the National Retail Association.

Overall, the bans introduced by Coles and Woolworths last summer resulted in an 80 percent reduction in the country's overall use of the single-use item, the retail group revealed.

"Indeed, some retailers are reporting reduction rates as high as 90 per cent," National Retail Association's David Stout told the news service.

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