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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 bag ban for large retailers; 10 cent charge for paper bags. A higher fee may be adopted by the municipality or county in which the store is located. [2] City of Aspen: October 2011: May 2012: Plastic bag ban for large retailers; 20 cent charge for paper bags. [32] Town of Avon: May 1, 2018: Plastic bag ban; 10 cent tax on paper bags ...

4. Plastic bag ban - Wikipedia

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   The Netherlands implemented a comprehensive ban on free plastic shopping bags on 1 January 2016. The ban has a small number of exemptions for unpacked food products which are exposed to possible contamination, such as fresh fruit. The target price for a plastic bag is €0.25. [187]

5. Plastic bag - Wikipedia

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   A plastic bag used to collect waste on a street in Paris. 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.

6. Plastic container - Wikipedia

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   It is estimated that 3.4 billion tonnes of plastic packaging were created between 1950 and 2017. [1] Most plastic packaging is disposed of within a relatively short time. Discarded packaging accounts for 46% (158 million tonnes) of total annual plastic waste generation. Most plastic packaging waste is estimated to come from household waste.

7. Shelf-ready packaging - Wikipedia

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   Retailers commonly specify all aspects of incoming logistics and packaging to their suppliers. This includes pallet size, bar code format and placement, RFID tags, strength of corrugated shipping containers etc. Boxes must be easy to open and prepare for stocking.