Washington DC - Anacostia River Clean Up and Protection Act of 2009

Geographic Coverage

Washington DC, US

Level

Subnational

Year Agreed

2009

Language

English

Included in analysis?

Yes

Trade linked?

Keyword(s)

Bags

Effectiveness Studies

Godman, 2013. Countering single-use bag consumption with state legislation: the Old Dominion considers a new trend (https://scholarship.law.wm.edu/wmelpr/vol37/iss2/7 )
Huang and Woodward, 2022. Spillover Effects of Grocery Bag Legislation: Evidence of Bag Bans and Bag Fees (https://doi.org/10.1007/s10640-022-00646-5 )
Nielsen et al., 2019. Need a bag? A review of public policies on plastic carrier bags – Where, how and to what effect? (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2019.02.025 )
Rivers et al., 2017. Using nudges to reduce waste? The case of Toronto's plastic bag levy (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2016.12.009 )
Schnurr et al., 2018. Reducing marine pollution from single use plastics (SUPs): A review (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2018.10.001 )
United Nations Environment Programme, 2018. Single-use plastics: A roadmap for sustainability (https://www.unep.org/resources/report/single-use-plastics-roadmap-sustainability )

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i This is a copy of an original policy found during research done at the Nicholas Institute. See sourcing information below for details.

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