He taxed plastic bags

In the next 18 months, British people will be taxed if they use plastic bags to store things they shop for.

According to the Telegraph, Wales will be the first place in the island nation to apply taxes on plastic bags for goods. The legislature of Wales announced yesterday that the new tax will begin to apply from the beginning of 2011. For each plastic bag, users must pay 15 cents (about 4,500 VND) to the store. The proceeds will go to environmental protection projects.

Proponents of the policy hope that the new tax will encourage people to store goods in multiple-use bags or quickly decompose.

Artwork of Telegraph.

Jane Davidson, Wales' Environment Minister, said: "Plastic bags are discarded as a waste of resources. The government recognizes the appeal of volunteering people to boycott plastic bags. So we have to take action. In many other countries, the use of plastic bags is reduced when people are taxed. "

Telegraph said, every year the people of Wales throw 480 million plastic bags. This bag only decomposes completely after at least 1,000 years.

Ireland has applied plastic bag tax since 2002 with a tax of 15 cents / bag. Since then the proceeds have reached 109 million pounds (153 million USD). The number of plastic bags used by Irish people decreased by 90% and the cost of waste disposal also decreased markedly.