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  2. Biden administration seeks to eliminate single-use plastics ...

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    President Biden announced a new goal Friday to phase out the purchasing and use of single-use plastics across the federal government by 2035. "Communities across the United States and around the ...

  3. Plastic bans - Wikipedia

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    A growing number of countries have instituted plastic bag bans, and a ban on single-use plastic (such as throw-away forks or plates), and are looking to spread bans to all plastic packaging, plastic clothing (such as polyester and acrylic fiber, or any other form of unnecessary plastic that could be replaced with an easily biodegradeable, non ...

  4. 2016 California Proposition 67 - Wikipedia

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    This prohibits certain retail and grocery stores from providing free, single-use, carryout bags to customers. Single-use plastic bags will be banned, and stores may sell reusable plastic or paper bags for a minimum of $0.10 per bag. [23] This law will only go into effect in areas without their own laws regarding single-use plastic bags.

  5. Plastic pollution - Wikipedia

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    In 2019, the state New York banned single use plastic bags and introduced a 5-cent fee for using single use paper bags. The ban will enter into force in 2020. The ban will enter into force in 2020. This will not only reduce plastic bag usage in New York state (23 billion every year until now), but also eliminate 12 million barrels of oil used ...

  6. How To Turn Any Single-Use Plastic Container Into a ... - AOL

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    Flip your single-use plastic container upside down. Use a hammer and nail to carefully make a drainage hole in the middle of the bottom of your container. Stir a little baking powder into your ...

  7. Plastic bag bans in the United States - Wikipedia

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    5-cent fee for single-use plastic (and paper) bags at stores greater than 10,000 square feet. Reusable plastic bags must be at least 4 mils. [65] City of Portland: June 2014: April 15, 2015: 5-cent fee for single-use plastic (and paper) bags at pharmacies, and food and convenience stores, which is kept by the store. [66] City of South Portland ...

  8. Plastic bag ban - Wikipedia

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    Single-use plastic shopping bag ban. [369] [370] Northwest Territories: Territory-wide 1 February 2011: Single-use plastic shopping bag charge of 25c. [371] Nova Scotia: Province-wide 30 October 2019: 30 October 2020: Single-use plastic shopping bag ban. [372] Nunavut: Baker Lake: 3 June 2021: 3 June 2021: Single-use plastic shopping bag ban ...

  9. Paper cutter - Wikipedia

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    A paper cutter 1820s old style paper cutter A safety (rotary) paper cutter Large format paper cutter Small format paper cutter, part of the Museum Europäischer Kulturen, Berlin, Germany. A paper cutter, also known as a paper guillotine or simply a guillotine, is a tool often found in offices and classrooms. It is designed to administer ...