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How the 'yeah-but' mentality stalls progress on bag bans and other green issues

  • Written by Anne Lane, Academic and researcher, Queensland University of Technology
Is forgetting your bags really such an inconvenience?AAP Image/Peter Rae

The debacle over the removal of single-use plastic bags from supermarkets has been analysed from a range of different perspectives. Supermarkets have been described as breaking a psychological trust contract with their customers and cynically using environmental concerns to...

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