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		omegaworks on Feb 23, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Taiwan ban single-use plastic straws, plastic bags... Carbon neutrality is not the only metric by which we create these regulations. Nor should it be. Single-use bags introduce many externalities that are captured and controlled by imposing a minimal cost.

gnicholas on Feb 23, 2018 [–]

No one said it is the only metric. But it is a relevant one.

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