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2. The Downside of Reusable Bags More People Need to Be ... - AOL

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   To be clear, plastic bags are rightly thought of as a menace that’s hazardous to human health. According to the National Resources Defense Council, over a decade ago, the average American family ...

3. Plastic shopping bag - Wikipedia

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   Plastic shopping bags are in most cases not accepted by standard curbside recycling programs; though their composition is often identical to other accepted plastics, they pose problems for the single-stream recycling process, as most of the sorting equipment is designed for rigid plastics such as bottles, [34] so plastic bags often end up ...

4. Shopping bag - Wikipedia

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   In 2008, China banned free plastic shopping bags and businesses were prohibited from manufacturing, selling, or using bags less than 0.025 millimeters (0.00098 inches) thick. [ 2 ] Reusable shopping bags are increasingly used, e.g. in E.U. countries where use of single-use plastic shopping bags is in decline.

5. Plastic bag bans in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Plastic shopping and produce bag ban. Reusable bags must be at least 4 mils. Paper bags must contain at least 40% post-consumer recycled paper content. [177] Town of Saugus: May 6, 2019: January 1, 2020: Plastic shopping bag ban. [178] Town of Seekonk: May 13, 2019 [179] January 1, 2020: Plastic shopping bag ban. Town of Scituate: November 14 ...

6. Aldi eliminates plastic shopping bags in its U.S. stores - AOL

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   Shoppers at Aldi will no longer be able to purchase plastic shopping bags to tote home their groceries. The discount chain has done away with the containers at all 2,300 of its U.S. locations, a ...

7. California bans all plastic shopping bags at store checkouts ...

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   On Sunday, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill that will ban plastic bags in California stores. But will it work? California bans all plastic shopping bags at store checkouts: When will it go into effect?