Скачать или смотреть Five years later, New Yorkers adapt to state's plastic bag ban

New York state’s 2020 ban on plastic bags was an effort to address the environmental impacts of plastic waste. Before the ban, an estimated 23 million plastic bags were used every year, with many ending up in landfills, recycling machines, waterways and streets.

Since then, New York City has seen a significant drop in plastic bags in the city’s waste stream — though there’s no statewide data on the impact.

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