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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.

  3. 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 ...

  4. 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 ...

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. Plastic bags, despite products' claims, shouldn't be recycled ...

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    Film plastics, or No. 4 plastics, which include plastic shopping bags, bread bags and produce bags, can be recycled at a grocery store, according to the city's website.

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