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Twenty-cent consumer tax on plastic and paper bags.

Publication: The Review of Policy Research
Publication Date: 01-SEP-07 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Twenty-cent consumer tax on plastic and paper bags.(25 ideas)(Legislation)

Article Excerpt
Grocery stores' distribution of disposable bags is a classic example of the tragedy of the commons: the individual consumer does not pay for the convenience of disposable bags, but society bears the financial and environmental burdens. Resolution of this collective-action problem requires government intervention. A 20-cent consumer tax on bags holds the individual consumer financially responsible for the burden of that bag on society.

It is necessary to tax both paper and plastic bags because a tax solely on plastic bags shifts consumer demand from plastic to paper bags. This would likely fail to decrease overall disposable bag consumption and would be expensive for retailers (plastic bags cost one-cent whereas paper bags cost four-cents). The tax can be adjusted over time in response to consumer behavior, new technologies, and inflation. The EPA...

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