Littleton retailers consume over 7 million plastic grocery style bags annually according to the Business and Industry Affairs Dept., many of which end up in land fills or the S. Platte River via storm drains. Elimination of these bags has traditionally been viewed as an environmental initiative but there's another dimension to the issue.
Businesses have to purchase the bags and consumers most certainly foot the bill via some amount of incrementally higher product prices. I prepared the attached analysis in seeking to connect the dots between the economic and environmental issues by quantifying the potential value to local businesses from eliminating plastic bags as a cost component. Council will receive the analysis in February 2012 as part of the broader deliberation of sustainability goals in Littleton.
Businesses have to purchase the bags and consumers most certainly foot the bill via some amount of incrementally higher product prices. I prepared the attached analysis in seeking to connect the dots between the economic and environmental issues by quantifying the potential value to local businesses from eliminating plastic bags as a cost component. Council will receive the analysis in February 2012 as part of the broader deliberation of sustainability goals in Littleton.
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