USA: City with six thousand inhabitants collects €32 thousand with rate against plastic bags
The city of Aspen, which houses a renowned Winter resort in the u.s. State of Colorado, gathered €32 thousand (R $ 96 million), from may 2012 and may 2013, the rate that started charging for plastic bags sold in two supermarkets in the village.According to The Aspen Times, the measure was passed in 2012 to reduce the "mountain of plastic" that appeared each year in the city. Thus, all consumers who buy plastic bags were forced to pay €0,15 ($ 0.45) per unit, as a way to reduce its presence in municipal waste.The paper explains that the two supermarkets were allowed to stay with € 750 ($ 2,200) from money raised with this fee the first year. From now on, they can collect € 75 ($ 220) per month, which, not being a fortune, it's always some money into the accounts of merchants.The remaining money is used for a municipal Fund, responsible for implementing a waste reduction program that provides reusable bags at the city airport, vehicles rental locations, hotels and the city's Environment Department.According to The Aspen Times, another small town two hours from Aspen â€" a resort called Vail â€" will soon launch its own fee for purchase of plastic bags.
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