​Just as "moral disgust" changed how we regarded smoking, the same thing is now happening with plastic, she believes. SUPPLIED Auckland University of Technology senior marketing lecturer Sommer Kapitan says plastic has become a target of the public's "moral disgust". "One product can get a real break around the eco-issues and the problems around it ... plastic bags are one of those now, and everyone's aware of them. Pictured here Piatek hands out reused plastic bags at the Newtown Market. "What I would like is that plastic bags and coffee cups have the same stigma that smoking now has."

Source: Stuff October 08, 2018 15:56 UTC