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oh_sigh on Feb 22, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: Taiwan ban single-use plastic straws, plastic bags...

Plastic bags have some externalities relating to how people discard them. Why can't the city tax to help recoup costs?

monksy on Feb 22, 2018 [–]

I see you haven't experienced the latest increases in taxes in Chicago. Soda was one of them, but that was repealed.

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