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Topic: Plastic Bags

White plastic bag caught up in branches and billowing in the breeze. Plastic bags are wind-distributed, which explains why they are widespread in the London (UK) countryside. (Getty Images/Whiteway)

NY's plastic bag plan survives pandemic

Angely Mercado - Grist
FILE-This Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2014 file photo shows a large pile of washed-up trash, including old plastic bags, sits alongside the Los Angeles River in Long Beach, Calif. On Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2014 Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation on imposing the nation's first statewide ban on single-use plastic bags. (AP Photo/The Orange County Register, Josh Morgan,File) MAGS OUT; LOS ANGELES TIMES OUT (AP Photo/The Orange County Register, Josh Morgan,File)

Plastic bags found in whale

The Associated Press
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NYC's Plastic Bag Scourge

Lindsay Abrams
(Nicram Sabad/Shutterstock)

Missouri's bad bag ban ban

Lindsay Abrams
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Salon Staff
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Plastic waste should be banned

Lindsay Abrams

Fenit Nirappil
(AP/Julio Cortez)

Lindsay Abrams
(Rich Carey/Shutterstock)

Lindsay Abrams
(Lasse Olofsson/Shutterstock)

Lindsay Abrams

Susan Freinkel
(PlanetBox)

Lindsay Abrams
(Lasse Olofsson/Shutterstock)

Lindsay Abrams

Nick Welsh - Pacific Standard
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