Mandatory 10c tax on plastic bags.
A charge on plastic bags is a simple way to get consumers to change their behaviors. As a percentage of the total grocery spend, the charge is realistically less than 1%, but can have a great impact on consumers putting more consideration into their shopping decisions.
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Paul Eaton tagged this with important 2016-11-28 21:45:07 +1300
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Graeme Kiyoto-Ward commented 2016-11-28 15:46:06 +1300This is good. Overseas based experience and it’s a case of preventing externalization of costs, e.g. from producer to environment. Potentially tax packaging that doesn’t offer a realistic path for recycling via refund.
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Tim O'Donnell commented 2016-11-28 14:26:58 +1300We should be doing the same for plastic bottles. It’s common overseas & didn’t seem to complicated. A partial refund was given by vending machines to promote recycling
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Tim O'Donnell tagged this with essential 2016-11-28 14:26:57 +1300
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Graeme Kiyoto-Ward commented 2016-11-25 21:57:17 +1300This is another idea where a tax woukd be appropriate for an ill where the cost is externalized from the consumer – this time to the environment. I’m supportive of ‘fix broken stuff’ tax incentives.
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Graeme Kiyoto-Ward tagged this with interesting 2016-11-25 21:57:17 +1300
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Tim O'Donnell commented 2016-11-25 16:23:51 +1300Not a top 7 issue but a good issue anyway. I agree it should be more than $0.10 . A large fine for those that don’t comply. The charge must flow down from the importation of the bags.
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Jerry Cerveny commented 2016-11-25 16:09:25 +130010C is not enough, $0.50 would have a signifiantly stronger impact and would fund DOC to a point
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