Ireland To Double Plastic Bags Tax.

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The Irish Republic was the first nation to tax plastic bags, and now plans to increase the levy to €44 cents per bag.
The Irish Department of the Environment said the charge would be doubled to ensure a "sufficient deterrent" to shoppers who arrived at checkouts with no bags of their own.
The seven-year policy of charging for plastic bags has generated more than €120m in tax.
It has also sharply reduced Irish reliance on throwaway bags, the annual use of which once numbered 1.2bn per year – more than 300 bags for every man, woman and child.