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2. Do plastic bags shoppers return to Boise-area stores ... - AOL

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   The bins accept soft plastics that many community recycling operations, including Boise’s, do not. But after ABC News in 2022 and 2023 placed 46 trackers wrapped in plastic bags into store drop ...

3. Plastic bag bans in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Plastic bag ban. Reusable shopping bags must be more than 2.5 mils. [198] Town of Winthrop: April 2, 2020 November 1, 2020 Plastic bag ban. [199] City of Worcester: October 15, 2019: July 1, 2020 [200] Plastic bag ban. Reusable bags must be at least 3 mils. Paper bags must contain at least 40% post-consumer recycled paper content. Fee of 5¢ on ...

4. Where do plastic bag fees go? - AOL

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   D.C.’s Department of Energy and Environment spent over $335,000 of Bag Law revenue in 2021 for “outreach and reusable plastic bag distribution,” according to the Bag Law annual summary.

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

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   Although more environmentally friendly than traditional single-use plastic bags, reusable bags, depending on what they are made out of, are more energy-intensive to produce, distribute, and recycle.

6. American Recyclable Plastic Bag Alliance - Wikipedia

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   The American Recyclable Plastic Bag Alliance ( ARPBA ), formerly the American Progressive Bag Alliance ( APBA ), is a lobbying group that represents the U.S. plastic bag manufacturing and recycling industry. Founded in 2005, it lobbies against U.S. local and state plastic bag bans and taxes. [1]

7. Plastic recycling - Wikipedia

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   A watering can made from recycled bottles. Plastic recycling is the processing of plastic waste into other products. [ 1 ][ 2 ][ 3 ] Recycling can reduce dependence on landfill, conserve resources and protect the environment from plastic pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. [ 4 ][ 5 ] Recycling rates lag behind those of other recoverable ...