<![CDATA[Plastic Bag Plague: Five Easy Ways To Remember Your Reusable]]>

1.0 link 83335 <![CDATA[Plastic Bag Plague: Five Easy Ways To Remember Your Reusable]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/olivia-zaleski/plastic-bag-plague-five-e_b_83335.html San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom started the fire. In March of 2007, Newsom passed the nation's first plastic bag ban outlawing San Fran's supermarkets and large retailers from offering customers non-biodegradable plastic bags.

Though Germany, South Africa Ireland, Norway and Australia have long imposed restrictions on bag use, several countries and cities have recently jumped on the anti-bagwagon. In early January, China surprised the world by announcing plans to eliminate plastic bags this coming June. The next day, an...

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