New Hampshire Senate Rejects Plastic Bag, Soda Straw Bans
The Heartland Institute cites Senior Fellow Angela Logomasini on single-use plastic bans.
Taxes and bans on single-use plastic bags produce little environmental benefit while increasing costs to retailers and consumers, says Angela Logomasini, a senior fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute.
“Both bans and taxes inconvenience consumers, costing them money in return for no environmental benefit,” Logomasini said. “Taxes are bad, but a ban is even worse because it forces consumers to use products that produce more waste and use more energy.”