MoCo
What large Maryland county taxed plastic bags?
Montgomery County
What are some affects of plastic bags?
indigestion, death, swallowing issues, stomach problems. etc.
How much does the MoCo bag tax cost per bag?
Five cents
what are ways to not use plastics?
reusable items like bottles,bags,etc
Where did people find fragments
In hundreds of species
What was the point of the MC bag tax?
To try to have shoppers' bring there own reusable bags.
how can plastic bags get inot the oceans.?
If they are thrown into rivers or sewage systems. any other passage ways that lead there
True or False:
Is plastic the most damaging pollution to the ocean?
True
how much do we pay for bag tax?
5 cents
What harmed the animals health
The toxic chemicals that the animals found in them
What city's bag tax was the MC tax modeled after?
D.C.'s bag tax
how much percent of birds species have in-digested plastic plastic?
80%
When was the MoCo bag introduced?
Jan 1, 2012
where do plastic bags end up?
sewage systems, oceans, rivers, etc.
What percent of fragments is found in sea turtle species
86%
What MC government group profits from the tax?
The Montgomery County Water Quality Protection Charge.
Whitch of the three below is true?
1. Plastic causes causes large amounts of oceans inhabitable to fish
2. Plastic causes flooding due to clogging pipes
3. Plastic has killed 65% of all pollution related marine animal deaths
2. Plastic causes flooding due to clogging pipes
What percent of MC water pollution does plastic make up?
About 1/3 of MC water pollution is credited to plastics
were is plastic mostly found in?
stores, rivers, sewers, and rivers
What percent of fragments is in marine mammal species
43%
Besides the MC government and businesses profiting from the tax, were does the rest of the tax money go?
The rest of the money goes to providing free reusable bags to the poor and elderly.
What type of plastic is the most devastating?
Polystyrene
How much plastic bags are taxed thanks to the law?
(Rounded to the million)
260,000,000 bags taxed
(260,972,410 bags taxed total)
what is the most recycled country in the world?
Switzerland
What is the worst plastic pollution
Polystyrene