Anti Bag Tax

The constitutionality of this tax will pass constitutional muster under Congress’s broad power under the commerce clause. The Supreme Court just recently noted “[o]ur case law firmly establishes Congress’ power to regulate purely local activities that are part of an economic “class of activities” that have a substantial effect on interstate commerce.” The power to regulate landfills by the use of excise taxes where they present environmental and other concerns may well be found within the power of the federal government under the Commerce Clause. Indeed, where the state’s taxes on landfills have found to be discriminatory the power to tax such landfills may rest on the federal government specially where “[f]or the first century of our history, the primary use of the [Commerce] Clause was to preclude the kind of discriminatory state legislation that had once been permissible.” Congress clearly has the power under the Commerce Clause “to regulate activities that substantially affect interstate commerce” and can “regulate purely intrastate activity that is not itself ‘commercial,’ in that it is not produced for sale.” The imposition of an excise tax such as the one proposed here is tantamount to regulation of landfills, which the federal government clearly has the power to do under the Commerce

Many of these issues however, can be addressed and even resolved in several ways. Nowadays, a number of countries have begun to impose taxes on plastic bag consumption, with few even banning the use of plastic

Taxing a popular consumed item, whether it is hamburgers, alcohol or marijuana is never going to solve any budget dilemma. Budgets are based on foundations of taxing all property and/or all sales and/or all

In the argumentative essay “Bag Ban Bad for Freedom and Environment”, produced by the author Adam B. Summers, it narrowly focuses on the topic of the banning of plastic bags. The author illustrates the ban is bad can affect society in many ways. Adam provides the information through various amounts of stylistic elements, tools, word choice and so on

In “Bag Ban Bad for Freedom and Environment,” Adam Summers attempts to persuade the American public to no than plastic bags. Using facts to reach people’s minds, freedom and rights to reach people’s hearts, and writing style to catch their attention and to have them on his side by being friendly. Firstly, he stated facts on multiple occasions. For example, in the forth paragraph, he mentions that grocery bags make up 0.3 percent of municipal solid waste material, which’s close to nothing compared to the other 999.97 percent of the waste.

After a bill that would ban plastic bags in California was shot down, Adam B. Summers, author of, “Bag Ban Bad for Freedom and Environment,” explains how plastic bags should not be banned. He uses statistics, ethos, logos and diction to support his claim. Summers uses these devices to create a stronger argument. Summers overall purpose of his passage was to express his view that plastic bags should not be banned and the effects banning or not banning them would have on the environment. By using statistics, Summers creates a more credible argument.

Well first off i'm all for recycling more but making it a law would be going to far in my option. The three tash can idea is to much if you ask me. Food an normal trash should be in one can and recyclables she be in another. If its a law and someone messes up then they get a ticket for putting the wrong thing in the wrong trash can. Because if you have three cans that will probley end up confusing for some poeple, like older men and women.

As you can see, banning plastic bags have many benefits for not only you, but also the environment. It will save animals, prevent toxins from entering into the air, and encourage people to use reusable bags. Motherjones.com states, “Californians alone throw away 14 billion (plastic bags) a year, creating 123,000 tons of waste and untold amounts of litter.” So, please ban plastic

Now more than ever does this eco-friendly switch to biodegradable or at least eighty percent recycled material need to happen. The trash is piling up and Americans are continuing to throw away more and more every day, with this tax in place fewer materials would want to be used simply because of the weight or at least the materials being used would not just sit around as trash for an entire lifespan. NAFTA must be renegotiated, Tariffs must be put in place, and taxes must be collected; this trash has got to be paid for. We have the technology to use other types of packaging there is no need to continue to pollute the earth with our unconventional long-lasting trash. This kind of major shift is not subtle and will cause major changes in society mostly though it will be for the benefit of humans and their trash to earth

The Oregon bottle bill is also beneficial. "Oregon's immensely popular bottle bill has been effective in getting soft drink and beer cans and bottles off the roadways, and boosting recycling. Much of the law's success is due to a system that is easily understood by consumers and manageable for merchants" (Bottle-deposit 1). However, a few of the other eleven states have tried to add to the basic bill making them confusing, more time

Plastic bags begin as crude oil, natural gases, or other petrochemical derivatives. By some estimates almost 12 million barrels of petroleum oil are used to make 100 billion plastic bags. One solution is to stop using plastic bags. Plastic bag bans are spreading across the country with over 100 community bag bans across 16 states. Hawaii right now is the only state in the nation to adopt a full statewide ban. Internationally,19 countries from Bangladesh to Ireland have passed bans. Reducing plastic bag usage and shoppers to use reusable bags will help decrease our demand for a new fossil fuel and reduce our environmental impact. As a nation we need to begin to move away from the concepts of single use and waste. Plastic is made from oil.

More than 150 California towns and counties have bag ban ordinances, a number that has grown in 2016. Proposition 65 should be passed because the profit made from the paper bag fee will go towards environmental projects, environmental projects are important because it affects everyone and has to be solved at one point and why wait until it gets serious to the point that our taxes might increase. It is specifically on how it wants the paper bag fee to be spent on environmental projects instead of it being pocket money for the retail/grocery store. If voters vote no on the proposition, then they are agreeing to give grocery and retail stores $300 million in profits. The following is a simple description on the process of prop 65 “Requires stores

The objective of this report is to illustrate the effect of the implementation of a plastic bag tax in Australia. By providing a brief overview of issues, correlated with plastic bag consumption in conjunction with current and proposed changes to policies in Australia. Through the application of economic theory, it can determined whether a tax would decrease consumption and through supporting evidence indicating its efficiency when applied in practice.

I work as a recycling attendant at a recycling center in Northridge, California and have been working there for the past nine months. We recycle plastic bottles (e.g. Juice bottles, milk jugs, orange juice jugs, etc.), aluminum cans (e.g. soda cans, beer cans, etc.) and glass bottles (beer bottles, soda bottles, wine bottles, alcohol bottles, etc.). In the state of California, consumer are required to pay a 5 cents or a 10 cent tax for some of these products, depending on the size of the bottle (< 24 oz. is 5 cents; >24 oz. is 10 cents). This tax is known as the California Refund Value (CRV), which is also referred to as California redemption Value or California Cash Refund. For each bottle that carries a CRV, one of these phrases will be printed on the label so consumers know that it requires them to pay the CRV. This tax is called California Refund Value because when they buy the product in the stores and pay the

As the United States deals with the overwhelming amounts of waste building up, Nitin et al explain that “plastics take anywhere from 15 to 1000 years to biodegrade” once they are discarded (Nitin). Changes in recycling methods can no longer keep up with the exorbitant amount of waste produced in the United States. This is why some states choose to take their initiative one step further by placing either fees or a ban on the use of plastic bags. Due to the enormous waste the United States produces on a daily basis and the negative outcomes of this trash including adverse health effects, harmful impacts on nature, and the exponential piling of trash in landfills, the US government should ban plastic bags.