Oregon considering ban on plastic shopping bags
February 6, 2011
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Associated Press GRANTS PASS, Ore. – Oregon lawmakers will consider whether the state should become the first to pass a ban on plastic bags, a measure recycling advocates believe would trigger a domino effect among other states.
A bill co-sponsored by two Republicans and two Democrats would outlaw throwaway plastic check-out bags at all retail stores in Oregon. Shoppers would be forced to bring their own bag or pay a nickel apiece for recycled paper bags...
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