{"id":9315,"date":"2016-06-05T10:59:31","date_gmt":"2016-06-05T09:59:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gojute.co.uk\/?p=9315"},"modified":"2022-09-30T13:16:18","modified_gmt":"2022-09-30T12:16:18","slug":"plastic-bag-tax-netherlands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gojuteinternational.com\/en\/resources\/plastic-bag-tax-netherlands","title":{"rendered":"Ban on Free Plastic bags is Paying off!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>The ban on free plastic bags in the Netherlands appears to be paying off with 83% of people saying they now take their own bag to the shops, according to a short survey for the environment ministry.<\/h2>\n<p>The survey of just over 1,000 people found 66% \u2018never or rarely\u2019 buy a plastic bag and 90% are aware of the ban on free ones. Some 70% of those polled support the ban, which was introduced at the beginning of this year. Shopkeepers are recommended to charge 25 cents for a bag. According to website InRetail, Dutch shoppers got through some three billion plastic bags a year before the ban. Bags can still be used if necessary for hygiene, such as products which might leak.<\/p>\n<p>Read more at <a href=\"http:\/\/dutchnews.nl\">DutchNews.nl<\/a>: Ban on free plastic bags is paying off\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dutchnews.nl\/news\/archives\/2016\/05\/ban-on-free-plastic-bags-is-paying-off\/\">http:\/\/www.dutchnews.nl\/news\/archives\/2016\/05\/ban-on-free-plastic-bags-is-paying-off\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ban on free plastic bags in the Netherlands appears to be paying off with 83% of people saying they now take their own bag to the shops, according to a short survey for the environment ministry. 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