Impose a mandatory tarriff on plastic bags (10 cents a bag) to encourage their reduced use. We can use that money to help solve the worsening plastic problem that plagues our globe.
Why is this important?
Plastic bags have a high cost on the health of our environment and ourselves. They drift through our streets and end up in our water, where they form massive plastic structures and degrade into a microscopic form that winds up in our bodies or our food, adversely affecting our endocrine systems. While a plastic bag tax may seem like an imposition it would actually help encourage people to reduce their plastic dependency and the money it raises could directly fund bioremediation projects across the country and the globe.
