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Civic Party Position Paper on Environmental Levy on Plastic Shopping Bags
The Government proposes to introduce, under the Producer Responsibility Scheme (PRS), an environmental levy of 50 cents on each plastic shopping bag requested by customers. In the initial stage, the levy will apply to chain or large supermarkets, convenience stores and personal health and beauty stores, which make up less than 4% of HK’s retail outlets. It will not cover the small-scale, individual neighbourhood retail stores and the local markets … …