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		Ray20 5 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Plastic bag bans and fees reduce harmful bag litte... Because they are about 400 times more expensive to produce than plastic bags with comparable characteristics?

BrenBarn 5 months ago [–]

But then the people using them can pay that 400x price rather than making society as a whole pay for the externalized environmental cost of a plastic bag.

Ray20 5 months ago | [–]

There is no externalized environmental cost of a plastic bag.

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