Every year in NZ we create 1 billion waste plastic bags. 1 billion!
Ireland, with a population comparable to ours use around a tenth the number of plastic shopping bags that we do. This is because, in 2002, they introduced a plastic bag levy. It's a great idea, and we can do it too.
Check out
www.bagtax.org.nz, Email your MP - just a couple of sentences is all you need - let them know you are behind the campaign and you want them to take the idea to government. Tell your friends - lets make this happen.
Lets keep NZ, and the worlds oceans, clean.
Lets introduce a levy on plastic bags - If Ireland can do it, so can we!
