Anti Bag Tax

When plastics bags become litter, they pollute oceans, rivers, farmlands, cities, and neighborhoods"(Shirley). Creating a ban on plastic bags would create an exceptional city. The government should impose a bag tax because reusable bags are the best choice for the environment, more convenient, and improves customers' responsibility.

Reusable bags are why a bag tax is important because they create a cleaner environment. People don't care about cheap plastic bags and so they end up as litter. These plastic bags are such an issue that "there is now more plastic in our oceans than plankton"(BSmith). However, imposing a bag tax would have people use canvas bags and not leave litter. These plastic bags end up getting caught in trees, storm drains, and disregarded leaving debris that leaves a dirty city. According to Seastewards "Americans generate 10.5 million tons of plastic waste a year"(Seastewards). This 10.5 million tons would be dramatically decreased through a bag tax. A bag tax would leave a cleaner city and elimate tons of plastic waste. …show more content…
This is illustrayed through customers being allowed the convenient choice to pay the bag tax or bring their own canvas bags. Some who oppose the bag tax might say that canvas bags are bad because some may not be able to afford them. Those can't afford a canvas bag can just pay the bag tax. Companies benefit from a bag tax because they may not need a separate employee to hand out plastic bags. A bag tax creates less work for the companies and more choice for the