Plastic Bag Use in Ireland Essentially Eliminated After Plastic Bag Tax

In 2002, Ireland put a tax on plastic bags because of environmental concerns. On a separate note, last year, the same country announced plans to tax cars based on lightbulbs and a decision to ban incandescent lightbulbs. Read here, http://thoughtsonglobalwarming.blogspot.com/2008/02/plastic-bag-use-in-ireland-essentially.html
See the fact sheet on plastic bags here, http://thoughtsonglobalwarming.blogspot.com/2007/08/plastic-bags-statistics-and-theyre-not.html