Plastic bag fees in New York City? What about Seattle?

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11-07-2008 @ 12:08PM

ouj said...

I live in Finland and pretty much all grocery stores charge for bags (plastic, paper and "eco" bags) and have done so for decades. Eco bags are not available in every store.

Typical price is 15 euro cents for a plastic bag. However, they are quite durable and can be used several times. There's no "eco tax" on them, just the normal 22% VAT.

I usually take a smallish backpack with me to the supermarket so I don't have to buy any kind of bags that often, except garbage bags and paper bags for organic kitchen waste.

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