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California's plastic bag ban backfires after customers just start dumping thicker and heavier 10 cent 'reusable' carriers instead, triggering more pollution than ever
But it caused outrage at the time from plastic bag manufacturers, who claim the bill will destroy jobs and drive up prices for the poor.
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California's First Plastic Bag Ban Made Things Worse. Now It's Trying Again
Bag manufacturers are against bans on their products and they ... “For decades, ExxonMobil has been deceiving the public to convince us that plastic recycling could solve the plastic waste and ...
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Petrochemical manufacturers use chemistry to make plastic more sustainable and recyclable
Made of polymers repurposed from plastic waste, the pellets represent the successful reuse of thousands of bottles, bags, packaging ... Petrochemical manufacturers have worked for years alongside ...
Plastic bag bans have lingering impacts, even after repeals
A new study found that policies to curtail the use of single-use plastic bags in grocery stores and other retail outlets in Austin and Dallas, Texas, resulted in people buying more plastic bags, a ...