Goodbye Plastic Bags? Lessons from the Shopping Plastic Bag Ban in Chile

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dc.contributor.authorFrey, Maximiliano
dc.contributor.authorCifuentes, Luis A.
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-20T16:18:35Z
dc.date.available2025-01-20T16:18:35Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.description.abstractBans on single-use plastic shopping bags (SUPBs) are a popular policy to tackle plastic pollution. However, their success has been evaluated solely based on reduced SUPBs consumption, ignoring the impacts of substitutes. This article addresses this gap by analyzing the Chilean plastic bag ban law. Results show a reduction of similar to 249 kilotons of SUPBs consumed and a change in the materiality of shopping bags (mainly toward paper), but also an increase of more than 50% of bin liners after the enactment of the ban. Despite some undesired effects, an improvement in the environmental performance of the bag market is obtained in fifteen of the eighteen categories studied. The environmental impacts are on average 38% lower than in the counterfactual scenario. This suggests that the law is being effective in protecting the environment. The strictness of the ban and its rapid enforcement were positive aspects of its design, but ignoring the end-of-life of the bags could be limiting its impact. To reduce the environmental impact of substitutes, it is recommended to create design guidelines for shopping bags and bin liners.
dc.fuente.origenWOS
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/su16093690
dc.identifier.eissn2071-1050
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.3390/su16093690
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/90654
dc.identifier.wosidWOS:001220679400001
dc.issue.numero9
dc.language.isoen
dc.revistaSustainability
dc.rightsacceso restringido
dc.subjectbag ban
dc.subjectplastic bag
dc.subjectsingle-use plastic
dc.subjectplastic pollution
dc.subjectenvironmental policy
dc.subject.ods12 Responsible Consumption and Production
dc.subject.ods11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
dc.subject.ods06 Clean Water and Sanitation
dc.subject.ods14 Life Below Water
dc.subject.odspa12 Producción y consumo responsable
dc.subject.odspa11 Ciudades y comunidades sostenibles
dc.subject.odspa06 Agua limpia y saneamiento
dc.subject.odspa14 Vida submarina
dc.titleGoodbye Plastic Bags? Lessons from the Shopping Plastic Bag Ban in Chile
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumen16
sipa.indexWOS
sipa.trazabilidadWOS;2025-01-12
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