Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-229 days agoPlastic bag bans and fees reduce harmful bag litter on shorelineswww.science.orgexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up192arrow-down11
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minus-squareXeroxCool@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·28 days agoMy area banned plastic a few years. It’s hard to notice unless I travel elsewhere, but the plastic tumbleweed are way down. I used to constantly see them in trees. Now that’s a cute little travel feature a few hours away
minus-squareMysteriousSophon21@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·27 days agoSame in my area - used to see plastic bags stuck in storm drains and trees everywhere, now they’re almost non-existant since the ban kicked in.
My area banned plastic a few years. It’s hard to notice unless I travel elsewhere, but the plastic tumbleweed are way down. I used to constantly see them in trees. Now that’s a cute little travel feature a few hours away
Same in my area - used to see plastic bags stuck in storm drains and trees everywhere, now they’re almost non-existant since the ban kicked in.