For American University's Eco-Comedy Film Competition, the DC-based comedy crew Dunk Your Bagel have produced a humorous take on a serious challenge facing cities across America: how to persuade residents to reduce their use of plastic bags.
"We've spent plenty of time debating the merits of D.C.'s three-year-old five-cent bag tax," seen a substantial decrease in the amount of bags found in one of the tributaries of the Anacostia River."
, "but by all accounts it seems to be working: bag use is down, and environmental activists recently reported that they hadSo how did this revolution in public policy come to be? Check out the definitive history:
FULL STORY: Video: The Definitive History of D.C.'s Five-Cent Bag Tax
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