Where does all the 25 cents go?

Question

Where does all the 25 cents go for the levy payment on plastic shopping bags in Victoria

Answer 1

good question

Answer 2

I can't say for sure, but with scams like this it usually ends up in the hands of government, or perhaps in the hands of political cronies.

In this case perhaps it could be in the form of a subsidy paid to a plastic recycling company so that the reduction in the number of bags available as raw material doesn't impact them financially.

I know, I'm a cynic, but I've seen too many of these environmentally linked scams already. You know those "carbon credits" you can buy? Most of the money just goes into the pockets of middlemen with very little being used to plant trees etc.