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  2. 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 ...

  3. Plastic bags, which aren't recyclable, are gumming things up ...

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  4. Plastic bag ban - Wikipedia

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    Plastic bags cause many minor and major ecological and environmental issues. The most general issue with plastic bags is the amount of waste produced. Many plastic bags end up on streets and subsequently pollute major water sources, rivers, and streams. Photodegraded plastic bag adjacent to hiking trail.

  5. American Recyclable Plastic Bag Alliance - Wikipedia

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    The ARPBA has actively lobbied against bag fees and bans in numerous states, including Massachusetts, [4] New Jersey, [5] and Virginia. [6] Prior to the passage of California legislation banning plastic shopping bags, the ARPBA gathered a petition with over 800,000 signatures, spending over $3 million in an unsuccessful attempt to block the ban ...

  6. Wait, Should You Actually Wash and Reuse Ziploc Bags? - AOL

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  7. Recycling codes - Wikipedia

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    Recycling codes on products. Recycling codes are used to identify the materials out of which the item is made, to facilitate easier recycling process.The presence on an item of a recycling code, a chasing arrows logo, or a resin code, is not an automatic indicator that a material is recyclable; it is an explanation of what the item is made of.

  8. Plastic pollution - Wikipedia

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    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 to make plastic bags used by the state each year. [267] [268] The state of Maine ban Styrofoam (polystyrene) containers in May 2019. [269]

  9. Zipper storage bag - Wikipedia

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    A Ziploc-branded storage bag Close-up from a cross section of the sealing mechanism. A zipper storage bag, slider storage bag, zipper bag, zip lock bag, or zippie is an inexpensive flexible rectangular storage bag, usually transparent, made of polyethylene [1] [2] or similar plastic, that can be sealed and opened many times, either by a slider, which works in a similar way to a zip fastener ...