This statistic shows the outcome of a survey on the impact of the free plastic bags ban on the distribution of plastic bags in specialized food stores in the Netherlands in 2016. During the surveyed period, roughly seven percent of the Dutch respondents working in specialized food stores indicated that the ban on free plastic bags had led to a 1-20 percent lower distribution of plastic bags in their store.
Could you estimate how the ban on free plastic bags has impacted the number of plastic bags distributed?*
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Rijksoverheid. (April 18, 2017). Could you estimate how the ban on free plastic bags has impacted the number of plastic bags distributed?* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 25, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/706662/impact-free-plastic-bags-ban-on-distribution-specialized-food-stores-the-netherlands/
Rijksoverheid. "Could you estimate how the ban on free plastic bags has impacted the number of plastic bags distributed?*." Chart. April 18, 2017. Statista. Accessed April 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/706662/impact-free-plastic-bags-ban-on-distribution-specialized-food-stores-the-netherlands/
Rijksoverheid. (2017). Could you estimate how the ban on free plastic bags has impacted the number of plastic bags distributed?*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/706662/impact-free-plastic-bags-ban-on-distribution-specialized-food-stores-the-netherlands/
Rijksoverheid. "Could You Estimate How The Ban on Free Plastic Bags Has Impacted The Number of Plastic Bags Distributed?*." Statista, Statista Inc., 18 Apr 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/706662/impact-free-plastic-bags-ban-on-distribution-specialized-food-stores-the-netherlands/
Rijksoverheid, Could you estimate how the ban on free plastic bags has impacted the number of plastic bags distributed?* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/706662/impact-free-plastic-bags-ban-on-distribution-specialized-food-stores-the-netherlands/ (last visited April 25, 2024)
Could you estimate how the ban on free plastic bags has impacted the number of plastic bags distributed?* [Graph], Rijksoverheid, April 18, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/706662/impact-free-plastic-bags-ban-on-distribution-specialized-food-stores-the-netherlands/