Catchword: plastax

Filed under: English, Scotland, Money & Finance

Part of speech: n.

Quotation: He said there was evidence in Ireland that the “plastax,” as it is known, has led to a 90 per cent reduction in plastic-bag use, significantly benefiting landfill sites, where the bags take up to 100 years to break down.

Article or document title:
“Bid to bag new tax from shoppers” (URL)

Author:
James Reynolds

Article, document, publication, web site:
Scotsman

Publishing location:
Glasgow, Scotland

Date of publication:
June 21, 2005

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