Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Plastic Bag Wars from Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone has just published a really interesting piece by Kitt Doucette on plastic bags and the struggle to regulate them.  While an estimated 25% of the world's population is living in areas with plastic bag bans, the US is slow to act, in part because of strong industry opposition.  Indeed, the plastics industry is suing municipalities that try to enact plastic bag bans, effectively delaying or preventing implementation.  Read and learn...

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