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2. Plastic shopping bag - Wikipedia

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   Plastic shopping bags, carrier bags, or plastic grocery bags are a type of plastic bag used as shopping bags and made from various kinds of plastic. In use by consumers worldwide since the 1960s, [ 1] these bags are sometimes called single-use bags, referring to carrying items from a store to a home. However, it is rare for bags to be worn out ...

3. Plastic bag - Wikipedia

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   A plastic bag, poly bag, or pouch is a type of container made of thin, flexible, plastic film, nonwoven fabric, or plastic textile. Plastic bags are used for containing and transporting goods such as foods, produce, powders, ice, magazines, chemicals, and waste. It is a common form of packaging . Most plastic bags are heat sealed at the seams ...

4. 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. [173] Town of Saugus: May 6, 2019: January 1, 2020: Plastic shopping bag ban. [174] Town of Seekonk: May 13, 2019 [175] January 1, 2020: Plastic shopping bag ban. Town of Scituate: November 14 ...

5. Where do plastic bag fees go? - AOL

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   After the plastic bag fee was imposed, the city saw about a 70 percent decrease in plastic bag use, according to the city’s website. Since 2018, Boulder has collected about $1,000,000 from the ...

6. Aldi eliminates plastic shopping bags in all 2,300 US ... - AOL

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   The decision to eliminate plastic shopping bags will prevent almost 4,400 tons, or nearly 9 million pounds of plastic, from entering circulation annually, according to Aldi.

7. Shopping bag - Wikipedia

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   A single-use paper shopping bag. This one is from a former Eaton's. Shopping bags are medium-sized bags, typically around 10–20 litres (2.5–5 gallons) in volume (though much larger versions exist, especially for non-grocery shopping ), that are used by shoppers to carry home their purchases. Some are intended as single-use disposable ...