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5. MD and DC have a .05 tax on bags...

Fri Nov 30, 2012, 10:50 AM

Nov 2012

It makes some sort of sense to me because it forces people to think about it.

They say it already helped reduce plastic waste in the area.

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Suffocating The World... about those bags... [View all] G_j Nov 2012 OP

knr G_j Nov 2012 #1

k G_j Nov 2012 #2

OK, that does it. randome Nov 2012 #4

thanks for your input G_j Nov 2012 #10

MD and DC have a .05 tax on bags... Xyzse Nov 2012 #5

Banning the bags takes all the thinking out of the issue. sarcasmo Nov 2012 #8

Which is why I think the 5 cent tax works pretty well Xyzse Nov 2012 #11

I re-use every one I get, and they get thrown away properly slackmaster Nov 2012 #6

I save my plastic bags RomneyLies Nov 2012 #7