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1. www.consumerreports.org › health › food-contaminantsThe Plastic Chemicals Hiding in Your Food - Consumer Reports

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   Jan 4, 2024 · CR tested popular fast foods and supermarket staples for some of the chemicals used to make plastic, which can be harmful to your health. Here's what we found—and how to stay safer.

2. www.consumerreports.org › environmentThe Big Problem With Plastic - Consumer Reports

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   Sep 8, 2021 · Consumer Reports details the big problem with plastic, revealing where most of the plastic you throw away ends up and explaining how to limit its environmental harm.

3. www.sciencedirect.com › science › articleDrivers of and barriers to consumers’ plastic packaging waste ...

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   Mar 15, 2022 · According to this research, the most important drivers of consumers’ plastic packaging waste avoidance and recycling are environmental concern and task-specific benefits, and the most important barriers are lack of knowledge and understanding as well as lack of opportunities, inconvenience, and task difficulty.

4. journalistsresource.org › environment › plastic-bagThe good and the bad of plastic bag bans: Research review

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   Dec 13, 2016 · Plastic bags kill wildlife, clog waterways and pack landfills. Discarded bags can spread malaria if they collect rainwater, offering mosquitos a casual breeding ground. In recent years, local and national governments have begun phasing out or banning lightweight plastic shopping bags.

5. journals.sagepub.com › doi › fullConsiderations, benefits and unintended consequences of ...

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   Apr 20, 2021 · The review’s results pointed to the limited success of a plastic bag ban owing to lack of suitable alternatives, limited state capacity to monitor and enforce the ban, thriving black market, structural and instrumental power of the plastic industry.

   • Author: Asphat Muposhi, Mercy Mpinganjira, Marius Wait

   • Publish Year: 2021

6. www.sciencedirect.com › science › articleConsumers’ awareness of plastic packaging: More than just ...

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   Nov 1, 2020 · This paper investigates consumers ’ awareness of plastic packaging by following an inductive and more differentiated approach. Results show that consumers associate plastic packaging with far more than environmental problems. Five different types of consumers ’ awareness can be identified.

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   How successful is a plastic bag ban?

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   Are plastic carrier bags a sustainable waste management practice?

   • Given that plastic pollution is a key driver behind public policies on plastic carrier bags, efforts should be made to integrate the intention to reduce consumption of plastic carrier bags with sustainable waste management practices. 5.3.

   Need a bag? A review of public policies on plastic carrier bags – Where

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   Do bans on plastic carrier bags affect waste management?

   • Although bans on plastic carrier bags have in some cases led to job losses in the waste management sector ( Nhamo, 2008) such policies seemingly have limited effect on the waste management sector.

   Need a bag? A review of public policies on plastic carrier bags – Where

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   Are plastic bags bad for the environment?

   • Plastic bags kill wildlife, clog waterways and pack landfills. Discarded bags can spread malaria if they collect rainwater, offering mosquitos a casual breeding ground. In recent years, local and national governments have begun phasing out or banning lightweight plastic shopping bags.

   The good and the bad of plastic bag bans: Research review

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8. www.sciencedirect.com › science › articleNeed a bag? A review of public policies on plastic carrier ...

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   Mar 15, 2019 · Given that plastic pollution is a key driver behind public policies on plastic carrier bags, efforts should be made to integrate the intention to reduce consumption of plastic carrier bags with sustainable waste management practices.