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“Toronto, Canada’s most populated city, is now charging consumers five cents for every plastic bag requested from a retailer in an effort to reduce the consumption of disposable packaging. The law took effect on June 1 and is part of Toronto’s commitment to achieve a 70 percent waste diversion rate.”

http://earth911.com/blog/2009/06/04/toronto-enforces-plastic-bag-fee/

Canadians currently take home about 55 million plastic bags from stores every week. Toronto’s tax is similar to taxes in other cities and countries world-wide.

For more information:

http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2009/06/01/plastic-environment.html#soc...

http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/543376

http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/toronto/archive/2008/12/02/toro...